---
title: outputFormat
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/propertylistencoder/outputformat
---

# outputFormat

A value that determines which property list format is used during encoding.

## Declaration

```swift
var outputFormat: PropertyListDecoder.PropertyListFormat { get set }
```

## See Also

### Customizing Encoding

- [userInfo](foundation/propertylistencoder/userinfo.md)