com.dd.plist

Class BinaryPropertyListWriter

java.lang.Object

com.dd.plist.BinaryPropertyListWriter

public final class BinaryPropertyListWriter
extends Object

A BinaryPropertyListWriter is a helper class for writing out binary property list files. It contains an output stream and various structures for keeping track of which NSObjects have already been serialized, and where they were put in the file.

Author:

Keith Randall

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	write(File file, NSObject root) Writes a binary plist file with the given object as the root.
static void	write(OutputStream out, NSObject root) Writes a binary plist serialization of the given object as the root.
static byte[]	writeToArray(NSObject root) Writes a binary plist serialization of the given object as the root into a byte array.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

write

public static void write(File file,
                         NSObject root)
                  throws IOException

Writes a binary plist file with the given object as the root.

Parameters:

file - the file to write to

root - the source of the data to write to the file

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing to the file or the object structure contains data that cannot be saved.

write

public static void write(OutputStream out,
                         NSObject root)
                  throws IOException

Writes a binary plist serialization of the given object as the root. This method does not close the output stream.

Parameters:

out - the stream to write to

root - the source of the data to write to the stream

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing to the stream or the object structure contains data that cannot be saved.

writeToArray

public static byte[] writeToArray(NSObject root)
                           throws IOException

Writes a binary plist serialization of the given object as the root into a byte array.

Parameters:

root - The root object of the property list

Returns:

The byte array containing the serialized property list

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs while writing to the stream or the object structure contains data that cannot be saved.