Archiving objects into archive files
The classes NSKeyedArchiver and NSKeyedUnarchiver allow us to persist data in a very Object-oriented way. By conforming to the NSCoding protocol, we can tell the archiver how to pack and unpack any of our classes. In this recipe, we will be packing up a character who has a number of Dungeons and Dragons style attributes.
Getting ready
Please refer to the project RecipeCollection01 for full working code of this recipe. Also note that some of the following code has been omitted for brevity.
How to do it...
Execute the following code:
//SimpleCharacter.h @interface SimpleCharacter : NSObject <NSCoding> { NSString *charColor; ...Get Cocos2d for iPhone 1 Game Development Cookbook now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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