https://github.com/orchetect/plistkit

Swift library for easily reading/writing plist (Property List) files.
https://github.com/orchetect/plistkit

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Swift library for easily reading/writing plist (Property List) files.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/orchetect/plistkit
• Owner: orchetect
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-06-11T05:10:34.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-15T00:57:05.000Z (almost 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T16:07:47.356Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: ios, macos, nested-dictionaries, plist, plist-files, property-list, subscripts, swift, swift5, tvos, watchos, xml
• Language: Swift
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• Size: 611 KB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE

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# PListKit

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A multiplatform Swift library bringing functional methods and type safety to .plist (Property List) files.

## Summary

The challenges that Apple's standard `PropertyListSerialization` presents:

1. **Lack of type safety** which allows the inadvertent injection of incompatible value types, which can lead to unexpected errors when saving a plist file later on, and are difficult to diagnose

2. **Root-level dictionary access only**, making traversal of nested dictionaries very cumbersome

3. **Deals in NS value types** which is not very Swifty and requires extra boilerplate at every interaction

PListKit solves these issues by:

1. Acting as a **safe and convenient** wrapper for `PropertyListSerialization`

2. Providing **clean functional syntax** for

   - easily manipulating nested keys and values in dictionary trees

   - loading and saving plist files

3. Dealing in **native Swift value types** for keys and values

4. **Preventing the inadvertent use of incompatible value types** to avoid unexpected errors due to lack of type safety

## Installation

The library is available as a Swift Package Manager (SPM) package.

To add PListKit to your Xcode project:

1. Select **File → Swift Packages → Add Package Dependency**

2. Add package using  `https://github.com/orchetect/PListKit` as the URL.

## Documentation

See the [online documentation](https://orchetect.github.io/PListKit/) or view it in Xcode's documentation browser by selecting the **Product → Build Documentation** menu.

## Resources

- [Apple Docs: About Property Lists](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/PropertyLists/AboutPropertyLists/AboutPropertyLists.html)

## Author

Coded by a bunch of 🐹 hamsters in a trenchcoat that calls itself [@orchetect](https://github.com/orchetect).

## License

Licensed under the MIT license. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/orchetect/PListKit/blob/master/LICENSE) for details.

## Contributions

Contributions are welcome. Feel free to post an Issue to discuss.

This library was formerly known as OTPList.