Re: NSArray saveToFile: atomically does not work
Re: NSArray saveToFile: atomically does not work
- Subject: Re: NSArray saveToFile: atomically does not work
- From: Bruce Truax <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:59:31 -0500
Thank you for the explanation. Of course now that you point out how I
misinterpreted the documentation it is all perfectly clear!
Bruce
On 1/4/05 12:12 PM, "Shawn Erickson" <email@hidden> eloquently
wrote:
>
> On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Bruce Truax wrote:
>
>> I have an NSMutableArray *variableArray. This array is made of of
>> ACVariable objects defined as follows:
>>
>> @interface ACVariable : NSObject {
>
> [snip]
>
>> When I try to save this array using writeToFile: atomically: as in the
>> code
>> snippet below it always fails.
>>
>> if([variableArray writeToFile:@"/Users/bruce/Desktop/variables"
>> atomically:YES]){
>> NSLog(@"Variable File saved successfully");
>> }else{
>> NSLog(@"Unable to save variable file");
>> }
>>
>>
>> According to the documentation for writeToFile: atomically: for this
>> to work
>> all of the receiver's contents must be property list objects, and I
>> thought
>> that NSNumber and NSStrings were both property list objects (at least
>> if you
>> go into the Propery list editor, you can add children which are
>> numbers and
>> strings). The documentation then parenthetically lists NSString,
>> NSData,
>> NSArray and NSDictionary as the allowable objects. Is it really true
>> that
>> you cannot use writeToFile: atomically if you have anything other than
>> these
>> four types of objects in your array?
>
> It only works if the objects in the array itself are one of the ones
> listed in the documentation. In this case you have your own object in
> the array. It is inconsequential that your object happens store strings
> internally.
>
> In Cocoa you can only store NSNumbers, NSStrings, NSDictionary and
> NSData object to files... just kidding ;-)
>
> Review the following conceptual documentation to understand the various
> ways to go about what you want...
>
> <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Archiving/
> index.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000047i>
>
> -Shawn
>
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