PropertyList Service

The PropertyList service allows you to read and write property list files in all formats supported by the Core Foundation API: XML, binary, JSON, and OpenStep (read-only).

This service is only available on Darwin platforms such as iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

Available operations

Constructor

PropertyList()

Allocates and returns a new PropertyList object.

clear

clear(): void

Voids the property list by deleting its internal object reference.

isEmpty

isEmpty(): boolean

Returns true if the property list has no internal object reference set, otherwise false.

format

format(): string

Returns the data format that the property list data was deserialized from. This property is set after calling readFromString or readFromFile. Possible return values include: "binary1", "json", "openstep", and "xml1". If the property list object is empty or the input format could not be determined, returns undefined.

readFromFile

readFromFile(filePath: string): void

Parses the file and stores the result in the property list. Throws an exception if an I/O error occurs or the input is in an invalid format.

readFromObject

readFromObject(obj: any): void

Sets the given object as the property list's internal object. format() will return undefined as this method does not deserialize a storage format.

readFromString

readFromString(input: string): void

Parses input and stores the result in the property list. This is most useful for initializing a property list object from the result of a JSON.stringify call. Throws an exception if the input is in an invalid format.

toObject

toObject(): any

Returns an object representing the property list.

toJSON

toJSON(style: string = "compact"): string

Returns a string representation of the property list in JSON format. Possible values for style include "pretty" and "compact". The default is compact.

toString

toString(format: string): string

Returns a string representation of the property list in the specified format. Possible values for format include: "json" (compact), "json-compact", "json-pretty", and "xml1". Currently, the OpenStep format is not supported. Throws an exception if the object cannot be written in the given format.

toXMLString

toXMLString(): string

Returns a string representation of the property list in XML format. This function is a synonym for toString("xml1").

writeToFile

writeToFile(filePath: string, format: string): void

Writes the property list to the file in the given format. Possible values for format include: "binary1", "json" (compact), "json-compact", "json-pretty", and "xml1". Currently, the OpenStep format is not supported for writing. Throws an exception if an I/O error occurs or the object cannot be written in the given format.

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