// // MTLModel+NSCoding.h // Mantle // // Created by Justin Spahr-Summers on 2013-02-12. // Copyright (c) 2013 GitHub. All rights reserved. // #if __has_include() #import #else #import "MTLModel.h" #endif /// Defines how a MTLModel property key should be encoded into an archive. /// /// MTLModelEncodingBehaviorExcluded - The property should never be encoded. /// MTLModelEncodingBehaviorUnconditional - The property should always be /// encoded. /// MTLModelEncodingBehaviorConditional - The object should be encoded only /// if unconditionally encoded elsewhere. /// This should only be used for object /// properties. typedef enum : NSUInteger { MTLModelEncodingBehaviorExcluded = 0, MTLModelEncodingBehaviorUnconditional, MTLModelEncodingBehaviorConditional, } MTLModelEncodingBehavior; /// Implements default archiving and unarchiving behaviors for MTLModel. @interface MTLModel (NSCoding) /// Initializes the receiver from an archive. /// /// This will decode the original +modelVersion of the archived object, then /// invoke -decodeValueForKey:withCoder:modelVersion: for each of the receiver's /// +propertyKeys. /// /// Returns an initialized model object, or nil if a decoding error occurred. - (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder; /// Archives the receiver using the given coder. /// /// This will encode the receiver's +modelVersion, then the receiver's properties /// according to the behaviors specified in +encodingBehaviorsByPropertyKey. - (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder; /// Determines how the +propertyKeys of the class are encoded into an archive. /// The values of this dictionary should be boxed MTLModelEncodingBehavior /// values. /// /// Any keys not present in the dictionary will be excluded from the archive. /// /// Subclasses overriding this method should combine their values with those of /// `super`. /// /// Returns a dictionary mapping the receiver's +propertyKeys to default encoding /// behaviors. If a property is an object with `weak` semantics, the default /// behavior is MTLModelEncodingBehaviorConditional; otherwise, the default is /// MTLModelEncodingBehaviorUnconditional. + (NSDictionary *)encodingBehaviorsByPropertyKey; /// Determines the classes that are allowed to be decoded for each of the /// receiver's properties when using . The values of this /// dictionary should be NSArrays of Class objects. /// /// If any encodable keys (as determined by +encodingBehaviorsByPropertyKey) are /// not present in the dictionary, an exception will be thrown during secure /// encoding or decoding. /// /// Subclasses overriding this method should combine their values with those of /// `super`. /// /// Returns a dictionary mapping the receiver's encodable keys (as determined by /// +encodingBehaviorsByPropertyKey) to default allowed classes, based on the /// type that each property is declared as. If type of an encodable property /// cannot be determined (e.g., it is declared as `id`), it will be omitted from /// the dictionary, and subclasses must provide a valid value to prevent an /// exception being thrown during encoding/decoding. + (NSDictionary *)allowedSecureCodingClassesByPropertyKey; /// Decodes the value of the given property key from an archive. /// /// By default, this method looks for a `-decodeWithCoder:modelVersion:` /// method on the receiver, and invokes it if found. /// /// If the custom method is not implemented and `coder` does not require secure /// coding, `-[NSCoder decodeObjectForKey:]` will be invoked with the given /// `key`. /// /// If the custom method is not implemented and `coder` requires secure coding, /// `-[NSCoder decodeObjectOfClasses:forKey:]` will be invoked with the /// information from +allowedSecureCodingClassesByPropertyKey and the given `key`. The /// receiver must conform to for this to work correctly. /// /// key - The property key to decode the value for. This argument cannot /// be nil. /// coder - The NSCoder representing the archive being decoded. This /// argument cannot be nil. /// modelVersion - The version of the original model object that was encoded. /// /// Returns the decoded and boxed value, or nil if the key was not present. - (id)decodeValueForKey:(NSString *)key withCoder:(NSCoder *)coder modelVersion:(NSUInteger)modelVersion; /// The version of this MTLModel subclass. /// /// This version number is saved in archives so that later model changes can be /// made backwards-compatible with old versions. /// /// Subclasses should override this method to return a higher version number /// whenever a breaking change is made to the model. /// /// Returns 0. + (NSUInteger)modelVersion; @end /// This method must be overridden to support archives created by older versions /// of Mantle (before the `MTLModel+NSCoding` interface existed). @interface MTLModel (OldArchiveSupport) /// Converts an archived external representation to a dictionary suitable for /// passing to -initWithDictionary:. /// /// externalRepresentation - The decoded external representation of the receiver. /// fromVersion - The model version at the time the external /// representation was encoded. /// /// Returns nil by default, indicating that conversion failed. + (NSDictionary *)dictionaryValueFromArchivedExternalRepresentation:(NSDictionary *)externalRepresentation version:(NSUInteger)fromVersion; @end