On Nov 9, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Stephen Blinkhorn wrote: > I'm using a simple NSArray stored on a web server as part of a version > tracking system. First I download the array using arrayWithContentsOfURL: > and check the version etc. The problem with this approach is that if the > server is down the method appears to hang indefinitely. > > So I thought I'd use NSURLConnection to download the array and set a timeout > value. Everything seems to be working but how can I turn the NSData* > object(s) back into an NSArray that I can access as normal?
If the data is in property list format, then you turn it into an array using the NSPropertyListSerialization class. See its documentation for details. Nick Zitzmann <http://www.chronosnet.com/> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
