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NSKeyedArchiver internal format

Hello I need to load NSKeyedArchiver classes to C++/CLI counterparts. Is there any way to get internal format of NSKeyedArchiver?
Another option is to rewrite whole saving and opening code into pure C++ for both Mac and Windows.

Thanks a lot.

Solution

  • So your constraints seem to be:

    1. Something easy to parse on both Windows and Mac.
    2. 3D modeling data, so the format needs to be efficient

    If you want something quick and dirty, go with a binary plist (and possibly gzip it). You could also try Google's protocol buffers but I have no experience with that. There are also a couple open source implementations of Foundation out there -- Cocotron might be most useful for you.