Apple

use AppleScript version "2.4"

use scripting additions

use framework "Foundation"

set aList to {{theName:"Sound Track", numberOfTimes:1721}, {theName:"Rock", numberOfTimes:942}}

--listed record to XML stype plist string (Serialize)

set anArray to current application's NSArray's arrayWithObject:aList

set pListData to current application's NSPropertyListSerialization's dataFromPropertyList:anArray |format|:(current application's NSPropertyListXMLFormat_v1_0) errorDescription:(missing value)

set bStr to (current application's NSString's alloc()'s initWithData:pListData encoding:(current application's NSUTF8StringEncoding)) as string

--> "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN\" \"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">

<array>

<dict>

<key>numberOfTimes</key>

<key>theName</key>

<string>Sound Track</string>

</dict>

<dict>

<key>numberOfTimes</key>

<key>theName</key>

</dict>

</array>

</plist>

"*)

--De-serialize???

set deStr to current application's NSString's stringWithString:bStr

set aDic to current application's NSPropertyListSerialization's propertyListFromData:deStr mutabilityOption:(current application's NSPropertyListMutableContainersAndLeaves) |format|:(missing value) errorDescription:(missing value) ---[__NSCFString bytes]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7fe52d36aab0 error -10000

--> {{theName:"Sound Track", numberOfTimes:1721}, {theName:"Rock", numberOfTimes:942}}--Goal (Not Yet)