---
title: finishDecoding()
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/finishdecoding()
---

# finishDecoding()

Tells the receiver that you are finished decoding objects.

## Declaration

```swift
func finishDecoding()
```

## Discussion

Discussion Invoking this method allows the receiver to notify its delegate and to perform any final operations on the archive. Once this method is invoked, the receiver cannot decode any further values.

## See Also

### Decoding Data

- [containsValue(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/containsvalue(forkey:).md)
- [decodeDecodable(_:forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodedecodable(_:forkey:).md)
- [decodeTopLevelDecodable(_:forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodetopleveldecodable(_:forkey:).md)
- [decodeBool(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodebool(forkey:).md)
- [decodeBytes(forKey:returnedLength:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodebytes(forkey:returnedlength:).md)
- [decodeDouble(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodedouble(forkey:).md)
- [decodeFloat(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodefloat(forkey:).md)
- [decodeInt32(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodeint32(forkey:).md)
- [decodeInt64(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodeint64(forkey:).md)
- [decodeObject(forKey:)](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodeobject(forkey:).md)
- [decodingFailurePolicy](foundation/nskeyedunarchiver/decodingfailurepolicy.md)