Property List Programming Guide
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Introduction
Quick Start for Property Lists
Create the XML Property List
Define Storage for the Property-List Objects
Create the User Interface
Read in the Property List
Write Out the Property List
Run and Test the Application
About Property Lists
What is a Property List?
When to Use Property Lists
Property List Representations
Creating Property Lists Programmatically
Creating a Property List in Objective-C
Creating a Property List in Core Foundation
About Numbers and Property Lists in Core Foundation
Understanding XML Property Lists
Serializing a Property List
Saving and Restoring a Property List in Objective-C
Saving and Restoring a Property List in Core Foundation
Using Property List Services with Cocoa
Reading and Writing Property-List Data
Using Objective-C Methods to Read and Write Property-List Data
Using Core Foundation Functions to Read and Write Property-List Data
Appendix A: Old-Style ASCII Property Lists
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NSData
NSArray
NSDictionary
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