Before I go and reinvent the wheel, does anyone have any code to parse a .plist file and display it in a NSOutlineView? I need to do something similar to PropertyListEditor.

Here is something to start with… I did not write it to the end, because I am almost as lazy as you! :)

void add_entry (id src, NSMutableArray* dst, NSString* name) { NSMutableDictionary* entry = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: name, @”label”, src, @”object”, nil];

if([src isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) { NSMutableArray* children = [NSMutableArray array]; for(unsigned i = 0; i != [src count]; ++i) add_entry([src objectAtIndex:i], children, [NSString stringWithFormat:@”%ud”, i]); [entry setObject:children forKey:@”children”]; } else if([src isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) { NSMutableArray* children = [NSMutableArray array]; NSEnumerator* enumerator = [src keyEnumerator]; while(id key = [enumerator nextObject]) add_entry([src objectForKey:key], children, key); [entry setObject:children forKey:@”children”]; } else … { … } [dst addObject:entry]; }

// load data in init

• (id)initWithPath:(NSString)aPath { if(self = [super init]) { NSDictionary tmp = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:aPath]; plist = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; add_entry(tmp, plist, @”root”); } return self; }

// data source methods

• (int)outlineView:(NSOutlineView)outlineView numberOfChildrenOfItem:(id)item { NSArray array = item ? [item objectForKey:@”children”] : plist; return array ? [array count] : 0; }

• (BOOL)outlineView:(NSOutlineView*)outlineView isItemExpandable:(id)item { return [item objectForKey:@”children”] != nil; }

• (id)outlineView:(NSOutlineView)outlineView child:(int)index ofItem:(id)item { NSArray array = item ? [item objectForKey:@”children”] : plist; return [array objectAtIndex:index]; }

• (id)outlineView:(NSOutlineView)outlineView objectValueForTableColumn:(NSTableColumn)tableColumn byItem:(id)item { return [item objectForKey:[tableColumn identifier]]; }