DataFromPropertyListFormatErrorDescription Method (plist, format, errorString)

Returns an NSData object containing a given property list in a specified format.

Original signature is '+ (NSData *)dataFromPropertyList:(id)plist format:(NSPropertyListFormat)format errorDescription:(NSString **)errorString'

Available in Mac OS X v10.2 and later.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

public static NSData DataFromPropertyListFormatErrorDescription(
	Id plist,
	NSPropertyListFormat format,
	out NSString errorString
)

Public Shared Function DataFromPropertyListFormatErrorDescription ( _
	plist As Id, _
	format As NSPropertyListFormat, _
	<OutAttribute> ByRef errorString As NSString _
) As NSData

public:
static NSData^ DataFromPropertyListFormatErrorDescription(
	Id^ plist, 
	NSPropertyListFormat format, 
	[OutAttribute] NSString^% errorString
)

Parameters

plist (Id): A property list object. plist must be a kind of NSData, NSString, NSNumber, NSDate, NSArray, or NSDictionary object. Container objects must also contain only these kinds of objects.

format (NSPropertyListFormat): A property list format. Possible values for format are described in NSPropertyListFormat.

errorString (NSString%): Upon return, if the conversion is successful, errorString is nil. If the conversion fails, upon return contains a string describing the nature of the error. If you receive a string, you must release it.

Return Value

An NSData object containing plist in the format specified by format.

Version Information

Available in Monobjc Bridge: 10.6 (For Mac OS X 10.6 and later), 10.5 (For Mac OS X 10.5 and later)

Assembly: Monobjc.Foundation (Module: Monobjc.Foundation)