Archives and Serialization

Make your data types encodable and decodable for compatibility with external representations such as JSON.

A type that can convert itself into and out of an external representation.

A protocol that enables an object to be encoded and decoded for archiving and distribution.

A protocol that enables encoding and decoding in a manner that is robust against object substitution attacks.

Demonstrates approaches for encoding and decoding different kinds of JSON in Swift.

An object that encodes instances of a data type as JSON objects.

An object that decodes instances of a data type from JSON objects.

An object that converts between JSON and the equivalent Foundation objects.

An object that encodes instances of data types to a property list.

An object that decodes instances of data types from a property list.

An object that converts between a property list and one of several serialized representations.

Parse XML documents.

An encoder that stores an object’s data to an archive referenced by keys.

The optional methods implemented by the delegate of a keyed archiver.

A decoder that restores data from an archive referenced by keys.

The optional methods implemented by the delegate of a keyed unarchiver.

An abstract class that serves as the basis for objects that enable archiving and distribution of other objects.

A coder that stores an object's data to an archive.

A decoder that restores data from an archive.

Create, read, write, and examine files and folders in the file system.

Persistently store domain-scoped pieces of information used to configure your app.

Search for files and other items on the local device, and index your app's content for searching.

Manage files and key-value data that are automatically synchronized among a user's iCloud devices.