Deprecated NSSerializer Methods

A method identified as deprecated has been superseded and may become unsupported in the future.

Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.2

serializePropertyList:

Creates a data object, serializes aPropertyList into it, and returns the data object. (Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.2.)

+ (NSData *)serializePropertyList:(id)aPropertyList

Discussion

aPropertyList must be a kind of NSData, NSString, NSArray, or NSDictionary object.

serializePropertyList:intoData:

Serializes the property list aPropertyList into the mutable data object mdata. (Deprecated in Mac OS X v10.2.)

+ (void)serializePropertyList:(id)aPropertyList intoData:(NSMutableData *)mdata

Discussion

aPropertyList must be a kind of NSData, NSString, NSArray, or NSDictionary object. The property list is appended to mdata.

---