https://github.com/fwcd/swift-ordered-plist-encoder

Property list encoder that encodes dictionary keys in deterministic order
https://github.com/fwcd/swift-ordered-plist-encoder

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Property list encoder that encodes dictionary keys in deterministic order

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fwcd/swift-ordered-plist-encoder
• Owner: fwcd
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-04-20T16:45:49.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-04T03:06:52.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-01T16:02:17.291Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: plist, property-list, swift, xml
• Language: Swift
• Homepage: https://fwcd.github.io/swift-ordered-plist-encoder/documentation/orderedplistencoder
• Size: 35.2 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Ordered Property List Encoder for Swift

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A custom XML property list encoder for Swift that encodes keys in the same order as they were declared, primarily intended for interoperability with legacy formats.

## Background

While the validity of a dictionary from a property list, like an object in JSON, ideally should be unaffected by the order of its keys, some plist-based formats such as the iTunes library XML format have implementations/parsers that depend on keys being 'conveniently' ordered (e.g. the id of the parent playlist is listed before the children). `PropertyListEncoder` from `Foundation` unfortunately does not offer this, hence this package.