How to convert CFStringRef to NSString?

Question

NSString *aNSString;
CFStringRef aCFString;
aCFString = CFStringCreateWithCString(NULL, [aNSString UTF8String], NSUTF8StringEncoding);
aCFString = CFXMLCreateStringB         


        

Answer 1

They are equivalent, so you can just cast the CFStringRef:

NSString *aNSString = (NSString*)aCFString;

For more info, see Toll-Free Bridged Types.