I want to write an array of Question objects to a file, but somehow writeToFile does nothing. The question has an owner and an array of response objects. The answer also has the owner. All three of them comply with the NSCoding protocol (as far as I know).
From the code below, the result returns NO. I don’t know what I am doing wrong, since I am implementing NSCoding for everything, right?
Question.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "Owner.h"
@interface Question : NSObject <NSCoding> {
NSString *questionId;
NSString *questionRevision;
NSString *text;
NSDate *date;
NSMutableArray *answers;
NSString *page;
NSNumber *questionLocation;
Owner *owner;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *questionId;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *questionRevision;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *text;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSDate *date;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *answers;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *page;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSNumber *questionLocation;
@property (nonatomic, retain) Owner *owner;
@end
Question.m
#import "Question.h"
#import "Answer.h"
@implementation Question
@synthesize questionId, questionRevision, text, date, answers, page, questionLocation, owner;
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder
{
[coder encodeObject:questionId forKey:@"questionId"];
[coder encodeObject:questionRevision forKey:@"questionRevision"];
[coder encodeObject:text forKey:@"text"];
[coder encodeObject:date forKey:@"date"];
[coder encodeObject:answers forKey:@"answers"];
[coder encodeObject:page forKey:@"page"];
[coder encodeObject:questionLocation forKey:@"questionLocation"];
[coder encodeObject:owner forKey:@"owner"];
}
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
self = [super init];
self.questionId = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"questionId"];
self.questionRevision = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"questionRevision"];
self.text = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"text"];
self.date = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"date"];
self.answers = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"answers"];
self.page = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"page"];
self.questionLocation = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"questionLocation"];
self.owner = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"owner"];
}
@end
Answer.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "Owner.h"
@interface Answer : NSObject <NSCoding> {
Owner *owner;
NSString *text;
NSDate *date;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) Owner *owner;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *text;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSDate *date;
@end
Answer.m
#import "Answer.h"
@implementation Answer
@synthesize owner, text, date;
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder
{
[coder encodeObject:owner forKey:@"owner"];
[coder encodeObject:text forKey:@"text"];
[coder encodeObject:date forKey:@"date"];
}
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
self = [super init];
self.owner = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"owner"];
self.text = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"text"];
self.date = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"date"];
}
@end
Owner.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface Owner : NSObject <NSCoding> {
NSString *name;
NSString *photoFileName;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *name;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *photoFileName;
@end
Owner.m
#import "Owner.h"
@implementation Owner
@synthesize name, photoFileName;
- (void)encodeWithCoder:(NSCoder *)coder
{
[coder encodeObject:name forKey:@"name"];
[coder encodeObject:photoFileName forKey:@"photoFileName"];
}
- (id)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)decoder
{
self = [super init];
self.name = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"name"];
self.photoFileName = [decoder decodeObjectForKey:@"photoFileName"];
}
@end
Corresponding line of code
BOOL result = [questions writeToFile:@"Users/brunoscheele/Desktop/questions.plist" atomically:YES];