Implement plist_from_memory()
Rather than having everyone reimplement binary/XML plist detection by
looking at the first bytes of the plist content, it's better to do this
detection in libplist and hide that internal detail from library users.
diff --git a/include/plist/plist.h b/include/plist/plist.h
index 2b7e1a1..7e59acb 100644
--- a/include/plist/plist.h
+++ b/include/plist/plist.h
@@ -617,6 +617,17 @@
void plist_from_bin(const char *plist_bin, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
/**
+ * Import the #plist_t structure from memory data.
+ * This method will look at the first bytes of plist_data
+ * to determine if plist_data contains a binary or XML plist.
+ *
+ * @param plist_data a pointer to the memory buffer containing plist data.
+ * @param length length of the buffer to read.
+ * @param plist a pointer to the imported plist.
+ */
+ void plist_from_memory(const char *plist_data, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist);
+
+ /**
* Test if in-memory plist data is binary or XML
* This method will look at the first bytes of plist_data
* to determine if plist_data contains a binary or XML plist.
diff --git a/src/plist.c b/src/plist.c
index 3e69e2a..1ff17fc 100644
--- a/src/plist.c
+++ b/src/plist.c
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@
return (memcmp(plist_data, "bplist00", 8) == 0);
}
+
+PLIST_API void plist_from_memory(const char *plist_data, uint32_t length, plist_t * plist)
+{
+ if (length < 8) {
+ *plist = NULL;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (plist_is_binary(plist_data, length)) {
+ plist_from_bin(plist_data, length, plist);
+ } else {
+ plist_from_xml(plist_data, length, plist);
+ }
+}
+
plist_t plist_new_node(plist_data_t data)
{
return (plist_t) node_create(NULL, data);
