Apple

This would seem to imply that initWithCoder/encodeWithCoder should also use direct ivar access, but I have seen **both** used in reputable sources.

So, from Apple's docs on archiving this:

- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder {
   [super encodeWithCoder:coder];
   [coder encodeObject:mapName forKey:@"MVMapName"];
   [coder encodeFloat:magnification forKey:@"MVMagnification"];
   [coder encodeObject:legendView forKey:@"MVLegend"];
   [coder encodeConditionalObject:auxiliaryView forKey:@"MVAuxView"];
}

and from the binding examples on mmalc's page, this: ( I understand that the method is deprecated)

- (NSData *)dataRepresentationOfType:(NSString *)aType

{

// create an archive of the collection and its attributes

NSKeyedArchiver *archiver;

NSMutableData *data = "">NSMutableData data];

archiver = [[NSKeyedArchiver alloc] initForWritingWithMutableData:data];

[archiver encodeObject:self.name forKey:@"name"];

[archiver encodeObject:self.collectionDescription forKey:@"collectionDescription"];

[archiver encodeObject:self.collection forKey:@"collection"];

[archiver finishEncoding];

return data;

}

Is this just 6 of one and half dozen of the other?

Thanks.