Read binary plist into NSDictionary

Question

Is there simple way to parse the binary plist file into the NSDictionary representation? I am searching something like that:

NSString* strings = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL: ... encoding: NSUnicodeStringEncoding error: ...];
NSMutableDictionary* pairs = (NSMutableDictionary*)[strings propertyListFromStringsFileFormat];

Using this code caused the exception while parsing the binary plist file.

Answer 1

Are you looking for [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:]?

Answer 2

Considering a file called DataStorageFile.plist, you can use:

NSString *dataPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"DataStorageFile" ofType:@"plist"];
self.data = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:dataPath];

If you want an array:

self.data = [NSArray arrayWithContentsOfFile:dataPath];