前言

这是Lesson 2，这一课将主要介绍如何利用NSCoder/NSKeyedArchiver将一个包含对象(object)的数组或者字典，保存到Document/目录下。

保存一个包含对象的数组

假设有一个数组(NSArray)objects包含着NSData对象。对象图(object graph)如图

object graph

为了保存全部数据，我们需要做这样的步骤：1.创建指向Document/目录的路径(path)2.使用恰当的类来将整个数组(array)保存到步骤1创建的路径(path)下

创建路径

可以通过定义如下这样的compute propertityactorsFilePath来返回指向Document/目录的路径(path)

var actorsFilePath : String {
    let manager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()
    let url = manager.URLsForDirectory(.DocumentDirectory, inDomains: .UserDomainMask).first as! NSURL
    return url.URLByAppendingPathComponent("objectsArray").path!
}

NSKeyedArchiver

可以用这个类将整个对象图(object graph)保存到Document/目录下。永这个类很简单，只需如下一行代码就能将数组objects保存到相应的文件中。

NSKeyedArchiver.archiveRootObject(objects, toFile: actorsFilePath)

然后取回数值

if let array = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObjectWithFile(actorsFilePath) as? [NSData] {
    objects = array
}

KeyedArchiver能够保存这些类型的对象：NSArray, NSDictionary, NSDate, NSNumber, NSString, and NSData.

NSCoding

如果上面的那些类型不能满足要求。则可以通过使用Protocol NSCoding来自定义自己喜欢类型的对象，例如下面的例子Person

NSCoding是protocol。提供下两个有用的method：

• encodeWithCoder(:)
• init(coder:)

将要保存的类扩展 为NSObject(Nobody really gave this much thought when they were archiving Objective-C classes. But now it seems a little strange. It is possible that this will go away at some point.)并使用NSCoding protocol。

例如：定义一个类Person

class Person : NSObject, NSCoding {
    struct Keys {
        static let Name = "name"
        static let ProfilePath = "profile_path"
        static let Movies = "movies"
        static let ID = "id"
    }
    var name = ""
    var id = 0
    var imagePath = ""
    var movies = [Movie]()
    init(dictionary: [String : AnyObject]) {
        name = dictionary[Keys.Name] as! String
        id = dictionary[TheMovieDB.Keys.ID] as! Int
        if let pathForImgage = dictionary[Keys.ProfilePath] as? String {
            imagePath = pathForImgage
        }
    }
    var image: UIImage? {
        get {
            return TheMovieDB.Caches.imageCache.imageWithIdentifier(imagePath)
        }
        set {
            TheMovieDB.Caches.imageCache.storeImage(image, withIdentifier: imagePath)
        }
    }
    // MARK: - NSCoding
    func encodeWithCoder(archiver: NSCoder) {
        // archive the information inside the Person, one property at a time
        archiver.encodeObject(name, forKey: Keys.Name)
        archiver.encodeObject(id, forKey: Keys.ID)
        archiver.encodeObject(imagePath, forKey: Keys.ProfilePath)
        archiver.encodeObject(movies, forKey: Keys.Movies)
    }
    required init(coder unarchiver: NSCoder) {
        super.init()
        // Unarchive the data, one property at a time
        name = unarchiver.decodeObjectForKey(Keys.Name) as! String
        id = unarchiver.decodeObjectForKey(Keys.ID) as! Int
        imagePath = unarchiver.decodeObjectForKey(Keys.ProfilePath) as! String
        movies = unarchiver.decodeObjectForKey(Keys.Movies) as! [Movie]
    }
}