Java goes AppStore?

[Paul Taylor]

On 19/09/2012 09:44, Marco Dinacci wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>> Just read your very useful blog, the bit about the sandbox is completely new
>> to me. My application currentlyly stores file in Library/Preferences/MyApp
>> and Library/Logs/MyApp, so are you saying this concept no longer applies and
>> everything should go into
>> Library/Containers/Myapp ?
> Mostly correct. If you sandbox the app you won't be able to write into
> those directories but you don't have to as the container also have a
> Logs and Preferences directory.
>
> You should obtain the directory to write to by using the Foundation
> function NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains:
>
> NSArray *paths = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(
>                                  NSLibraryDirectory,
>                                  NSUserDomainMask, YES);
>
> if you call it when your app is in the sandbox it will return the
> Library directory inside the container otherwise it will return the
> path of the Library directory in the user home. For example, if your
> app is called MyApp, the function will return an array containing an
> NSString whose value is:
>
> sandbox: ~/Library/Containers/com.foo.MyApp/Data/Library
> outside: ~/Library
>
> See ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/ for an example of what's
> inside a sandbox container.
>
> Of course if you don't want to go native you could hardcode the
> container path (~/Library/Containers/com.foo.MyApp) in your app
> although if Apple decides to change the location of the container your
> app will stop working. You'll also have to detect whether you're in
> the container or not to write to the correct Logs and Preferences
> directory. I preferred to go with the native route.
>
>> If so does it make sense to do this for a non Appstore version of the
>> application as well or not
> you should re-engineer the app in a way that you use the path returned
> by NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains as your "root" directory. Then
> append Logs and Preferences as they both exist inside and outside the
> container.
>
> Best,
> Marco
>
Thanks Marco

So we cant use a method of com.apple.eio.FileManager to return the 
location for us, have you raised a enhancement request ?

Paul