Property List Services These routines convert property lists
to and from XML. Note that property lists require CFNumber
objects; if you happen to have a number you can use Utility
Services to convert it.
String Services One of the largest sets of services supports
strings. String Services handles Unicode and respects the lo-
calization choices for the user and computer. Much of the nas-
ty little character manipulation code you may have written in
the past is written for you in String Services.
URL Services These routines let you parse URLs and use
them to load the resources to which they point (CFURGCreate- ...
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