Since upgrading to Swift 4.2 I've found that many of the NSKeyedUnarchiver and NSKeyedArchiver methods have been deprecated and we must now use the type method static func unarchivedObject<DecodedObjectType>(ofClass: DecodedObjectType.Type, from: Data) -> DecodedObjectType? to unarchive data.
I have managed to successfully archive an Array of my bespoke class WidgetData, which is an NSObject subclass:
private static func archiveWidgetDataArray(widgetDataArray : [WidgetData]) -> NSData {
guard let data = try? NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: widgetDataArray as Array, requiringSecureCoding: false) as NSData
else { fatalError("Can't encode data") }
return data
}
The problem comes when I try to unarchive this data:
static func loadWidgetDataArray() -> [WidgetData]? {
if isKeyPresentInUserDefaults(key: USER_DEFAULTS_KEY_WIDGET_DATA) {
if let unarchivedObject = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: USER_DEFAULTS_KEY_WIDGET_DATA) as? Data {
//THIS FUNCTION HAS NOW BEEN DEPRECATED:
//return NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: unarchivedObject as Data) as? [WidgetData]
guard let nsArray = try? NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchivedObject(ofClass: NSArray.self, from: unarchivedObject as Data) else {
fatalError("loadWidgetDataArray - Can't encode data")
}
guard let array = nsArray as? Array<WidgetData> else {
fatalError("loadWidgetDataArray - Can't get Array")
}
return array
}
}
return nil
}
But this fails, as using Array.self instead of NSArray.self is disallowed. What am I doing wrong and how can I fix this to unarchive my Array?
You can use unarchiveTopLevelObjectWithData(_:) to unarchive the data archived by archivedData(withRootObject:requiringSecureCoding:). (I believe this is not deprecated yet.)
But before showing some code, you should better:
Avoid using NSData, use Data instead
Avoid using try? which disposes error info useful for debugging
Remove all unneeded casts
Try this:
private static func archiveWidgetDataArray(widgetDataArray : [WidgetData]) -> Data {
do {
let data = try NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: widgetDataArray, requiringSecureCoding: false)
return data
} catch {
fatalError("Can't encode data: \(error)")
}
}
static func loadWidgetDataArray() -> [WidgetData]? {
guard
isKeyPresentInUserDefaults(key: USER_DEFAULTS_KEY_WIDGET_DATA), //<- Do you really need this line?
let unarchivedObject = UserDefaults.standard.data(forKey: USER_DEFAULTS_KEY_WIDGET_DATA)
else {
return nil
}
do {
guard let array = try NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveTopLevelObjectWithData(unarchivedObject) as? [WidgetData] else {
fatalError("loadWidgetDataArray - Can't get Array")
}
return array
} catch {
fatalError("loadWidgetDataArray - Can't encode data: \(error)")
}
}
But if you are making a new app, you should better consider using Codable.