Re: Storing NSColor & NSData objects in an XML document

FROM : marcelo.alves
DATE : Thu Nov 29 18:50:43 2007

Hmm, why not encode as Base64 and decode it later?

:: marcelo.alves


On Thursday, November 29, 2007, at 03:38PM, "Antonio Nunes" <<email_removed>> wrote:
>On 28 Nov 2007, at 11:56, Antonio Nunes wrote:
>

>> I want to write out NSColor objects to XML. I know I can archive 
>> them into NSData objects, and a string representation from those. 
>> The string can then be added to the XML. What I have trouble with is 
>> getting the string back into an NSData object so that I can 
>> unarchive. Any pointers?

>
>Ok, I might simply be less than smart here, and the answer is probably 
>obvious, but I can't see it. The basic issue is: I have an NSData 
>object and want to store it in an XML node, then later restore it from 
>an XML node. Lots of sifting through documentation and usually helpful 
>internet sites and generally making the cogs in my brain groan, squeak 
>and creak for the better part of yesterday and today yielded no usable 
>results.
>
>I know how to (un)archive NSData objects to/from disk and user 
>defaults, but am not sure how to turn them into strings (to store in 
>XML elements) and especially how to restore them from strings that 
>represent NSData objects.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>-António
>
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