CFPropertyListCreateData(_:_:_:_:_:)

Declaration

func CFPropertyListCreateData(_ allocator: CFAllocator!, _ propertyList: CFPropertyList!, _ format: CFPropertyListFormat, _ options: CFOptionFlags, _ error: UnsafeMutablePointer<Unmanaged<CFError>?>!) -> Unmanaged<CFData>!

Parameters

• allocator:

  The allocator to use to allocate memory for the new data object. Pass NULL or kCFAllocatorDefault to use the current default allocator.

• propertyList:

  The property list to write out.

• format:

  A CFPropertyListFormat constant to specify the data format. See Cfpropertylistformat for possible values.

• options:

  This parameter is currently unused and should be set to 0.

• error:

  If this parameter is non-NULL, if an error occurs, on return this will contain a CFError error describing the problem. Ownership follows the 20001148 103029.

Return Value

A CFData object containing a serialized representation of propertyList in a the format specified by format. Ownership follows the The Create Rule.

See Also

Exporting a Property List

• CFPropertyListWrite(_:_:_:_:_:)
• CFPropertyListCreateXMLData(_:_:)
• CFPropertyListWriteToStream(_:_:_:_:)