RBManagedJsonObject Class Reference

Inherits from RBIntrospectiveObject : NSObject
Declared in RBManagedJsonObject.h

Overview

A class of properties that provides built in JSON serialisation.

Note: Collection properties cannot contain elements of mixed types.

+ arrayMappings

Gets a dictionary of the names of NSArray properties to the Class type of their elements.

+ (nullable NSDictionary<NSString*,Class> *)arrayMappings

Return Value

The dictionary of Class types to property names.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

+ dictionaryMappings

Gets a dictionary of the names of NSDictionary properties to the Class type of their values.

+ (nullable NSDictionary<NSString*,Class> *)dictionaryMappings

Return Value

The dictionary of Class types to property names.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– jsonKeyForPropertyName:

Gets the JSON key that should be used for the given property name.

- (nonnull NSString *)jsonKeyForPropertyName:(nonnull NSString *)propertyName

Parameters

propertyName

The name of the property on the class.

Return Value

The key string that will be used in JSON serialisation.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– convertDateToString:propertyName:

Serialise the given NSDate property value to a string.

- (nonnull NSString *)convertDateToString:(nonnull NSDate *)date propertyName:(nonnull NSString *)propertyName

Parameters

date

The NSDate property value.
propertyName

The name of the property.

Return Value

The resulting NSString object.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– convertStringToDate:propertyName:

Deserialise a date string to an NSDate property.

- (nullable NSDate *)convertStringToDate:(nonnull NSString *)dateString propertyName:(nonnull NSString *)propertyName

Parameters

dateString

The serialised string value.
propertyName

The name of the property.

Return Value

The resulting NSDate object.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– initWithDictionary:

Initialize the managed JSON object with the given property list dictionary.

- (nonnull instancetype)initWithDictionary:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString*,id> *)dictionary

Parameters

dictionary

The property list NSDictionary object.

Return Value

The initialized object.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– dictionary

Serialises the value of the object to a property list NSDictionary. The result includes recursively the values of it’s children.

- (nonnull NSDictionary<NSString*,id> *)dictionary

Return Value

The resulting property list NSDictionary object.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– data

Serialises the value of the object to NSData containing the JSON representation of the object. The result includes recursively the values of it’s children.

- (nonnull NSData *)data

Return Value

The resulting JSON as a NSData.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

– string

Serialises the value of the object to a JSON string. The result includes recursively the values of it’s children.

- (nonnull NSString *)string

Return Value

The resulting json string.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

+ objectFromJsonData:error:

Builds an object by deserialising the given JSON data.

+ (nullable instancetype)objectFromJsonData:(nonnull NSData *)jsonData error:(NSError *_Nullable *_Nullable)error

Parameters

jsonData

The JSON data to deserialise.
error

An NSError pointer that will be assigned if there is an error.

Return Value

The deserialised object, or nil if it could not be deserialised.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

+ objectFromJsonString:error:

Builds an object by deserialising the given JSON string.

+ (nullable instancetype)objectFromJsonString:(nonnull NSString *)jsonString error:(NSError *_Nullable *_Nullable)error

Parameters

jsonString

The JSON string to deserialise.
error

An NSError pointer that will be assigned if there is an error.

Return Value

The deserialised object, or nil if it could not be deserialised.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

+ objectsFromJsonData:error:

Builds an array of objects by deserialising the given JSON data.

+ (nullable NSArray *)objectsFromJsonData:(nonnull NSData *)jsonData error:(NSError *_Nullable *_Nullable)error

Parameters

jsonData

The JSON data to deserialise.
error

An NSError pointer that will be assigned if there is an error.

Return Value

The deserialised object, or nil if it could not be deserialised.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h

+ objectsFromJsonString:error:

Builds an array of objects by deserialising the given JSON string.

+ (nullable NSArray *)objectsFromJsonString:(nonnull NSString *)jsonString error:(NSError *_Nullable *_Nullable)error

Parameters

jsonString

The JSON string to deserialise.
error

An NSError pointer that will be assigned if there is an error.

Return Value

The deserialised object, or nil if it could not be deserialised.

Declared In

RBManagedJsonObject.h