Cross-platform Data files
Cross-platform Data files
- Subject: Cross-platform Data files
- From: Terry Simons <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 01:40:45 -0600
Hi,
I have a few questions concerning cross-platforming my data. :)
It looks like the GNUStep foundation kit stuff has a lot (if not all) of
the same NS* APIs that the Foundation Kit for Mac OS X has.
I found the following blurb in the Apple docs:
"NSArchiver, a concrete subclass of NSCoder, provides a way to encode
objects into an architecture-independent format that can be stored in a
file. When you archive a set of objects, the class information and
instance variables for each object are written to the archive.
NSArchiver's companion class, NSUnarchiver, decodes the data in an
archive and creates a set of objects equivalent to the original set."
Has anyone actually used this cross-platform? Is the GNUStep stuff
compatible?
I'd like to be able to save some data out and pull it back in on a
Linux, or Windows machine and have the data be endian-correct.
"architecture-independent format" implies exactly that... but I'm
curious if anyone's tried it.
I'm not concerned about the licensing on the GNUStep stuff... I'm just
curious if it's compatible at this point.
Also, has anyone attempted using the GNUStep stuff in Cygwin on
Windows? (It's a long-shot, but I might as well ask. :)
Thanks!
- Terry
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