module Plist::Emit
Create a plist¶ ↑
You can dump an object to a plist in one of two ways:
-
Plist::Emit.dump(obj)
-
obj.to_plist
-
This requires that you mixin the
Plist::Emit
module, which is already done forArray
andHash
.
-
The following Ruby classes are converted into native plist types:
Array, Bignum, Date, DateTime, Fixnum, Float, Hash, Integer, String, Symbol, Time, true, false
-
Array
andHash
are both recursive; their elements will be converted into plist nodes inside the <array> and <dict> containers (respectively). -
IO
(and its descendants) andStringIO
objects are read from and their contents placed in a <data> element. -
User classes may implement
to_plist_node
to dictate how they should be serialized; otherwise the object will be passed toMarshal.dump
and the result placed in a <data> element.
For detailed usage instructions, refer to USAGE and the methods documented below.
Public Class Methods
The following Ruby classes are converted into native plist types:
Array, Bignum, Date, DateTime, Fixnum, Float, Hash, Integer, String, Symbol, Time
Write us (via RubyForge) if you think another class can be coerced safely into one of the expected plist classes.
IO
and StringIO
objects are encoded and placed in
<data> elements; other objects are Marshal.dump
'ed
unless they implement to_plist_node
.
The envelope
parameters dictates whether or not the resultant
plist fragment is wrapped in the normal XML/plist header and footer. Set
it to false if you only want the fragment.
# File lib/facter/util/plist/generator.rb, line 43 def self.dump(obj, envelope = true) output = plist_node(obj) output = wrap(output) if envelope return output end
Writes the serialized object's plist to the specified filename.
# File lib/facter/util/plist/generator.rb, line 52 def self.save_plist(obj, filename) File.open(filename, 'wb') do |f| f.write(Plist::Emit.dump(obj)) end end
Public Instance Methods
Helper method for injecting into classes. Calls
Plist::Emit.save_plist
with self
.
# File lib/facter/util/plist/generator.rb, line 31 def save_plist(filename) Plist::Emit.save_plist(self, filename) end
Helper method for injecting into classes. Calls
Plist::Emit.dump
with self
.
# File lib/facter/util/plist/generator.rb, line 26 def to_plist(envelope = true) return Plist::Emit.dump(self, envelope) end