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Loading framework variables (aka constants) from pyObjC for arbitrary frameworks
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framework_constants_via_pyobjc.py
from Foundation import NSBundle
# Load the framework bundle by its identifier
Metadata_bundle = NSBundle.bundleWithIdentifier_("com.apple.Metadata")
# Can also use: bundleWithPath or bundleWithURL
# Load the variable aka constant from the framework into globals
# This says to load whatever "kMDSPreferencesName" is and the type should be "an NSObject" aka "figure it out"
# which ends up giving us a NSString which pyObjC bridges to a python string nicely
objc.loadBundleVariables(Metadata_bundle, globals(), [('kMDSPreferencesName', '@')])
# >>> kMDSPreferencesName
# u'com.apple.SpotlightServer'
# OMG wasn't that soooo much easier than using ctypes?
# https://gist.github.com/pudquick/8f65bb9b306f91eafdcc
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