Class Overview

Nano is composed of around a hundred classes, organized into a dozen or so categories of related objects.

The documentation for each class is in the header for that class. Additional notes, usually relating to specific implementation choices, are contained at the top of each source file.

Core

Nano.h	Global Nano include
NanoMacros.h	Global Nano macros
NanoTypes.h	Global Nano types
NanoNotes.h	Release notes
NanoTarget.h	OS and architecture detection
NDebug	Assertion macros and logging

Application

NCommandLine	Command-line support
NPreferences	Preferences support
NUndoManager	Manages undo stacks

Database

NDBHandle	Database handle (SQLite)
NDBHandlePool	Database connection pool
NDBQuery	Database query
NDBResult	Database result

Events

NBroadcaster	Message broadcaster
NListener	Message listener
NTimer	High-resolution timer

Files

NFile	File reference
NFileIterator	Directory iterator
NFileMap	Memory-mapped file
NBundle	Portable ".bundle" implementation
NPropertyList	Portable ".plist" implementation

Graphics

NColor	Color object
NTransform	Transform object
NPoint	Point geometry
NSize	Size geometry
NRectangle	Rectangle geometry
NShape	Polygon geometry
NVector	Vector geometry

System

NByteSwap	Byte-swapping
NCache	Key-value cache
NCacheKey	Cache key
NCacheValue	Cache value
NDataCipher	Data encryption (Blowfish and DES3)
NDataCompressor	Data compression (ZLib)
NDataDigest	Data digest (MD5 and SHA1)
NDataEncoder	Data encoding (Hex and B64)
NLocale	User locale
NTask	Command line tool
NUnicodeParser	Unicode parser
NUTIRegistry	UTI registry
NXMLEncoder	XML encoder
NXMLNode	XML node
NXMLParser	XML parser (expat)

Threads

NAtomicInt	Atomic integer
NAtomicList	Atomic list
NLock	Mutex, Read/Write, and Spin locks
NSemaphore	Semaphore object
NThread	Thread object
NThreadPool	Thread pool
NThreadTask	Thread pool task

Types

NArray	Array type
NBitVector	Bit vector type
NData	Data type
NDate	Date type
NDictionary	Dictionary type
NNumber	Number type
NRange	Range type
NString	String type
NVariant	Variant type
NAttributes	Base class for objects with attributes
NComparable	Base class for comparable objects
NContainer	Base class for container objects
NEncodable	Base class for encodable objects
NHashable	Base class for hashable objects
NRefCounted	Base class for reference-counted objects
NSharedValue	Base class for copy-on-write objects
NSingleton	Base class for singleton objects
NUncopyable	Base class for uncopyable objects
NEncoder	Object encoder
NStringEncoder	String encoder
NDateFormatter	Date formatter
NStringFormatter	String formatter
NFunctor	Functor support
NPropertyStore	Key-value property store
NUTI	Uniform Type Identifier

Utilities

NFileUtilities	File utilities
NGeometryUtilities	Geometry utilities
NMathUtilities	Math utilities
NSTLUtilities	STL utilities
NSystemUtilities	System utilities
NTextUtilities	Text utilities
NThreadUtilities	Thread utilities
NTimeUtilities	Time utilities

Nanites

Although not part of the core library, Nano also contains a set of "Nanite" classes to improve integration with other frameworks.

Nanites always provide a "Nxxx.h" header, which defines a set of ToXX and ToNN functions for converting data to and from Nano types.

Nanites/Cocoa

NCocoa.h	Cocoa integration
NNSAutoReleasePool	Stack-based auto-release pool
NNSSingleton	Obj-C Singleton pattern

Nanites/CoreFoundation

NCoreFoundation.h	CoreFoundation integration
NCFObject	RAII for CFTypeRefs
NCFArray	NArray that accepts CFArrays
NCFData	NData that accepts CFDatas
NCFDate	NDate that accepts CFDates
NCFDictionary	NDictionary that accepts CFDictionaries
NCFNumber	NNumber that accepts CFNumbers
NCFString	NString that accepts CFStrings

Nanites/CoreGraphics

NCoreGraphics.h	CoreGraphics integration

Nanites/Qt

NQt.h	Qt integration

Nanites/Skia

NSkia.h	Skia integration

Nanites/UIKit

NUIKit.h	UIKit integration

Nanites/Windows

NWindows.h	Win32 integration
NRegistry.h	Registry object