a suggested fix for CPArrayController selection binding failure in retrieving initial selection values

Tests/Manual/ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest/AppController.j

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+/*
+ * AppController.j
+ * ArrayControllerSetContentTest
+ *
+ * Created by You on July 17, 2012.
+ * Copyright 2012, Your Company All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+@import <Foundation/CPObject.j>
+@import <AppKit/CPArrayController.j>
+@import <AppKit/CPTextField.j>
+
+@implementation AppController : CPObject
+{
+    CPString log;
+    CPString selectedValue;
+}
+
+- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(CPNotification)aNotification
+{
+    var theWindow = [[CPWindow alloc] initWithContentRect:CGRectMakeZero() styleMask:CPBorderlessBridgeWindowMask],
+        contentView = [theWindow contentView],
+        contentWidth = [contentView frame].size.width;
+
+    // instantiate a controller
+    var controller = [[CPArrayController alloc] init];
+    var content = [CPMutableArray array],
+        message = [[Message alloc] initWithMessage:@"This is an initial content" withAppController:self];
+    [content addObject:message];
+    [controller setContent:content];
+
+    // listen to selectedIndex change
+    [controller addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"selectionIndex" options: nil context: nil];
+
+    // create a field, and establish a binding
+    var field = [CPTextField textFieldWithStringValue:@"" placeholder:@"bound value appears here..." width:contentWidth/2];
+    [field setFrameOrigin:CGPointMake(20, 20)];
+    [field bind:@"value" toObject:controller withKeyPath:@"selection.message" options:nil];
+    [field setEditable:NO];
+    [contentView addSubview:field];
+
+    var logField = [CPTextField textFieldWithStringValue:@"" placeholder:@"access to bound field is logged here..." width:contentWidth/2];
+    [logField setFrameOrigin:CGPointMake(20, 50)];
+    [logField bind:@"value" toObject:self withKeyPath:@"log" options:nil];
+    [logField setEditable:NO];
+    [contentView addSubview:logField];
+
+    var selectedField = [CPTextField textFieldWithStringValue:@"" placeholder:@"waiting for a selection" width:contentWidth/2];
+    [selectedField setFrameOrigin:CGPointMake(20, 80)];
+    [selectedField bind:@"value" toObject:self withKeyPath:@"selectedValue" options:nil];
+    [selectedField setEditable:NO];
+    [contentView addSubview:selectedField];
+
+    [theWindow orderFront:self];
+
+    // later, a content is retrieved from a server, and updated by setContent or contetnArray binding. 
+    // Here, uses setContent
+    var newContent = [CPMutableArray array],
+        newMessage = [[Message alloc] initWithMessage:@"Successfully you see a new content" withAppController:self];
+    [newContent addObject:newMessage];
+    [controller setContent:newContent];
+
+    // Uncomment the following line to turn on the standard menu bar.
+    //[CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:YES];
+}
+
+- (CPArrayController)controller
+{
+    return controller;
+}
+
+- (CPString)log
+{
+    return log;
+}
+
+- (void)setLog:(CPString)aLog
+{
+    log = aLog;
+}
+
+- (CPString)selectedValue
+{
+    return selectedValue;
+}
+
+- (void)setSelectedValue:(CPString)aSelectedValue
+{
+    selectedValue = aSelectedValue;
+}
+
+- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(CPString)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(CPDictionary)change context:(id)context
+{
+    var newIndex = [change valueForKey:CPKeyValueChangeNewKey],
+        selectedObject = [[object content] objectAtIndex:newIndex];
+
+    return [self setSelectedValue:@"Current Value via selectionIndex: " + [selectedObject messageWithoutCheck]];
+}
+
+@end
+
+@implementation Message : CPObject
+{
+    CPString message;
+    AppController app;
+}
+
+- (id)initWithMessage:(CPString)aMessage withAppController:(AppController)anApp
+{
+    self = [super init];
+    if (self)
+    {
+        message = aMessage;
+        app = anApp;
+    }
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (CPString)message
+{
+    [app setLog:@"the following message is about to be read: " + message];
+    return message;
+}
+
+- (CPString)messageWithoutCheck
+{
+    return message;
+}
+
+@end

Tests/Manual/ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest/Info.plist

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+	<key>CPApplicationDelegateClass</key>
+	<string>AppController</string>
+	<key>CPBundleName</key>
+	<string>ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest</string>
+	<key>CPPrincipalClass</key>
+	<string>CPApplication</string>
+</dict>
+</plist>

Tests/Manual/ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest/Jakefile

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+/*
+ * Jakefile
+ * ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest
+ *
+ * Created by You on July 21, 2012.
+ * Copyright 2012, Your Company All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+var ENV = require("system").env,
+    FILE = require("file"),
+    JAKE = require("jake"),
+    task = JAKE.task,
+    FileList = JAKE.FileList,
+    app = require("cappuccino/jake").app,
+    configuration = ENV["CONFIG"] || ENV["CONFIGURATION"] || ENV["c"] || "Debug",
+    OS = require("os");
+
+app ("ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest", function(task)
+{
+    task.setBuildIntermediatesPath(FILE.join("Build", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest.build", configuration));
+    task.setBuildPath(FILE.join("Build", configuration));
+
+    task.setProductName("ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest");
+    task.setIdentifier("com.yourcompany.ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest");
+    task.setVersion("1.0");
+    task.setAuthor("Your Company");
+    task.setEmail("feedback @nospam@ yourcompany.com");
+    task.setSummary("ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest");
+    task.setSources((new FileList("**/*.j")).exclude(FILE.join("Build", "**")));
+    task.setResources(new FileList("Resources/**"));
+    task.setIndexFilePath("index.html");
+    task.setInfoPlistPath("Info.plist");
+
+    if (configuration === "Debug")
+        task.setCompilerFlags("-DDEBUG -g");
+    else
+        task.setCompilerFlags("-O");
+});
+
+task ("default", ["ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest"], function()
+{
+    printResults(configuration);
+});
+
+task ("build", ["default"]);
+
+task ("debug", function()
+{
+    ENV["CONFIGURATION"] = "Debug";
+    JAKE.subjake(["."], "build", ENV);
+});
+
+task ("release", function()
+{
+    ENV["CONFIGURATION"] = "Release";
+    JAKE.subjake(["."], "build", ENV);
+});
+
+task ("run", ["debug"], function()
+{
+    OS.system(["open", FILE.join("Build", "Debug", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest", "index.html")]);
+});
+
+task ("run-release", ["release"], function()
+{
+    OS.system(["open", FILE.join("Build", "Release", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest", "index.html")]);
+});
+
+task ("deploy", ["release"], function()
+{
+    FILE.mkdirs(FILE.join("Build", "Deployment", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest"));
+    OS.system(["press", "-f", FILE.join("Build", "Release", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest"), FILE.join("Build", "Deployment", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest")]);
+    printResults("Deployment")
+});
+
+task ("desktop", ["release"], function()
+{
+    FILE.mkdirs(FILE.join("Build", "Desktop", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest"));
+    require("cappuccino/nativehost").buildNativeHost(FILE.join("Build", "Release", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest"), FILE.join("Build", "Desktop", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest.app"));
+    printResults("Desktop")
+});
+
+task ("run-desktop", ["desktop"], function()
+{
+    OS.system([FILE.join("Build", "Desktop", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest", "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest.app", "Contents", "MacOS", "NativeHost"), "-i"]);
+});
+
+function printResults(configuration)
+{
+    print("----------------------------");
+    print(configuration+" app built at path: "+FILE.join("Build", configuration, "ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest"));
+    print("----------------------------");
+}

Tests/Manual/ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest/index-debug.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html
+    PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
+    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+<!--
+ index-debug.html
+ ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest
+
+ Created by You on July 21, 2012.
+ Copyright 2012, Your Company All rights reserved.
+-->
+    <head>
+        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7, chrome=1" />
+
+        <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
+
+        <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+        <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" />
+
+        <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="Resources/icon.png" />
+        <link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="Resources/default.png" />
+
+        <title>ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest</title>
+
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+            OBJJ_MAIN_FILE = "main.j";
+            OBJJ_INCLUDE_PATHS = ["Frameworks/Debug", "Frameworks", "SomethingElse"];
+        </script>
+
+        <script src="Frameworks/Debug/Objective-J/Objective-J.js" type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8"></script>
+
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+            objj_msgSend_reset();
+
+            // DEBUG OPTIONS:
+
+            // Uncomment to enable printing of backtraces on exceptions:
+            //objj_msgSend_decorate(objj_backtrace_decorator);
+
+            // Uncomment to supress exceptions that take place inside a message
+            //objj_msgSend_decorate(objj_supress_exceptions_decorator)
+
+            // Uncomment to enable runtime type checking:
+            //objj_msgSend_decorate(objj_typecheck_decorator);
+
+            // Uncomment (along with both above) to print backtraces on type check errors:
+            //objj_typecheck_prints_backtrace = true;
+
+            // Uncomment to disable the default logger (CPLogConsole if window.console exists, CPLogPopup otherwise):
+            //CPLogUnregister(CPLogDefault);
+
+            // Uncomment to enable a specific logger:
+            //CPLogRegister(CPLogConsole);
+            //CPLogRegister(CPLogPopup);
+
+            // Tag view DOM elements with a "data-cappuccino-view" attribute that contains
+            // the class name of the view that created them. Comment this or set to false to disable.
+            appkit_tag_dom_elements = true;
+        </script>
+
+        <style type="text/css">
+            body{margin:0; padding:0;}
+            #container {position: absolute; top:50%; left:50%;}
+            #content {width:800px; text-align:center; margin-left: -400px; height:50px; margin-top:-25px; line-height: 50px;}
+            #content {font-family: "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px white; }
+            #loadgraphic {margin-right: 0.2em; margin-bottom:-2px;}
+        </style>
+
+        <!--[if lt IE 7]>
+        <STYLE type="text/css">
+            #container { position: relative; top: 50%; }
+            #content { position: relative;}
+        </STYLE>
+        <![endif]-->
+
+    </head>
+
+    <body style="">
+        <div id="cappuccino-body">
+            <div id="loadingcontainer" style="background-color: #eeeeee; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:100%; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">
+                <script type="text/javascript">
+                    document.write("<div id='container'><p id='content'>" +
+                                   "<img id='loadgraphic' width='16' height='16' src='Resources/spinner.gif' /> " +
+                                   "Loading ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest...</p></div>");
+                </script>
+
+                <noscript>
+                    <div id="container">
+                        <div style="width: 440px; padding: 10px 25px 20px 25px; font-family: sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative; left: -245px; top: -120px; text-align: center; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px; color: #555555">
+                            <p style="line-height: 1.4em;">JavaScript is required for this site to work correctly but is either disabled or not supported by your browser.</p>
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+</html>

Tests/Manual/ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest/index.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html
+    PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
+    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+<!--
+ index.html
+ ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest
+
+ Created by You on July 21, 2012.
+ Copyright 2012, Your Company All rights reserved.
+-->
+    <head>
+        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7, chrome=1" />
+
+        <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
+
+        <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+        <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black" />
+
+        <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="Resources/icon.png" />
+        <link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="Resources/default.png" />
+
+        <title>ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest</title>
+
+        <script type="text/javascript">
+            OBJJ_MAIN_FILE = "main.j";
+        </script>
+
+        <script type="text/javascript" src="Frameworks/Objective-J/Objective-J.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
+
+        <style type="text/css">
+            body{margin:0; padding:0;}
+            #container {position: absolute; top:50%; left:50%;}
+            #content {width:800px; text-align:center; margin-left: -400px; height:50px; margin-top:-25px; line-height: 50px;}
+            #content {font-family: "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: black; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px white; }
+            #loadgraphic {margin-right: 0.2em; margin-bottom:-2px;}
+        </style>
+
+        <!--[if lt IE 7]>
+        <STYLE type="text/css">
+            #container { position: relative; top: 50%; }
+            #content { position: relative;}
+        </STYLE>
+        <![endif]-->
+
+    </head>
+
+    <body style="">
+        <div id="cappuccino-body">
+            <div id="loadingcontainer" style="background-color: #eeeeee; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:100%; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">
+                <script type="text/javascript">
+                    document.write("<div id='container'><p id='content'>" +
+                                   "<img id='loadgraphic' width='16' height='16' src='Resources/spinner.gif' /> " +
+                                   "Loading ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest...</p></div>");
+                </script>
+
+                <noscript>
+                    <div id="container">
+                        <div style="width: 440px; padding: 10px 25px 20px 25px; font-family: sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative; left: -245px; top: -120px; text-align: center; -moz-border-radius: 20px; -webkit-border-radius: 20px; color: #555555">
+                            <p style="line-height: 1.4em;">JavaScript is required for this site to work correctly but is either disabled or not supported by your browser.</p>
+                            <p style="font-size:120%; padding:10px;"><a href="http://cappuccino.org/noscript">Show me how to enable JavaScript</a></p>
+                            <p style="font-size:80%;">You may want to upgrade to a newer browser while you're at it:</p>
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+                            </ul>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </noscript>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </body>
+
+</html>
+

Tests/Manual/ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest/main.j

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+/*
+ * AppController.j
+ * ArrayControllerInitialSelectionTest
+ *
+ * Created by You on July 21, 2012.
+ * Copyright 2012, Your Company All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+@import <Foundation/Foundation.j>
+@import <AppKit/AppKit.j>
+
+@import "AppController.j"
+
+
+function main(args, namedArgs)
+{
+    CPApplicationMain(args, namedArgs);
+}