encode(_:)

Declaration

func encode(_ object: Any?)

Discussion

NSCoder’s implementation simply invokes encodeValue(ofObjCType:at:) to encode object. Subclasses can override this method to encode a reference to object instead of object itself. For example, NSArchiver detects duplicate objects and encodes a reference to the original object rather than encode the same object twice.

This method must be matched by a subsequent decodeObject() message.

See Also

Encoding General Data

• encodeArray(ofObjCType:count:at:)
• encode(_:forKey:)
• encodeBycopyObject(_:)
• encodeByrefObject(_:)
• encodeBytes(_:length:)
• encodeBytes(_:length:forKey:)
• encodeConditionalObject(_:)
• encodeConditionalObject(_:forKey:)
• encode(_:)
• encode(_:forKey:)
• encode(_:forKey:)
• encodeCInt(_:forKey:)
• encode(_:forKey:)
• encode(_:forKey:)
• encode(_:forKey:)