PropertyList

A plist (short term for “property list”) reader and writer.

Package

Available as a package.

How to use it

Supported types

The library handles the following entities:

plist type	write	read
dict	IDictionary<string,object>, IReadOnlyDictionary<string,object>	Dictionary<string,object> (where objects are any other type)
array	ICollection, IEnumerable<object>	List<object> (where objects are any other type)
string	string	string
real	float, double, decimal	decimal
integer	byte, sbyte, int, uint, long, ulong	long
date		DateTimeOffset
true/false		bool

Reading

The library currently reads xml and binary plists.

using var reader = File.Open("/tmp/my.plist");
var plistReader = new PlistReader();
var plist = plistReader.Read(reader);
var label = (string)plist["Label"];
var programArguments = (IList)plist["ProgramArguments"];

Writing

Only xml writing is supported

var plist = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
    {"Label", "here"},
    {"LaunchOnlyOnce", true},
};
using var writer = File.Create("/tmp/my.plist");
var plistWriter = new PlistWriter();
plistWriter.Write(plist, writer);