dictionaryWithContentsOfFile from the file string

Question

I want to load a NSDictionary from a plist and I have the plist string in memory, I don't have the plist file. NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile: only accepts file name, it won't accept file string. How can I load the NSDictionary with a plist file?

Answer 1

Here you go...

NSData * data = [yourString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

NSString *errorDesc = nil;
NSPropertyListFormat format;
NSDictionary * dict = (NSDictionary*)[NSPropertyListSerialization
                                      propertyListFromData:data
                                      mutabilityOption:NSPropertyListMutableContainersAndLeaves
                                      format:&format
                                      errorDescription:&errorDesc];