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/*!
    \contentspage index.html
    \page jsextension-propertylist.html
    \ingroup list-of-builtin-services

    \title PropertyList Service
    \brief Provides read, write and convert operations on property list files.

    The \c PropertyList service allows you to read and write property list files in
    all formats supported by the Core Foundation API: XML, binary, JSON, and OpenStep (read-only).

    This service is only available on Darwin platforms such as OS X and iOS.

    \section1 Making the Service Available
    In order to gain access to property list operations, you need to import the
    service using the
    following statement at the top of your project file:
    \code
    import qbs.PropertyList
    \endcode

    \section1 Available operations

    \section2 Constructor
    \code
    PropertyList()
    \endcode
    Allocates and returns a new PropertyList object.

    \section2 clear
    \code
    clear()
    \endcode
    Voids the property list by deleting its internal object reference.

    \section2 isEmpty
    \code
    isEmpty()
    \endcode
    Returns true if the property list has no internal object reference set, otherwise false.

    \section2 format
    \code
    format()
    \endcode
    Returns the data format that the property list data was deserialized from. This property is set
    after calling \c readFromString or \c readFromFile.
    Possible return values include: \c "binary1", \c "json", \c "openstep", and \c "xml1".
    If the property list object is empty or the input format could not be determined,
    returns \c undefined.

    \section2 readFromFile
    \code
    readFromFile(filePath)
    \endcode
    Parses the file and stores the result in the property list.
    Throws an exception if an I/O error occurs or the input is in an invalid format.

    \section2 readFromString
    \code
    readFromString(input)
    \endcode
    Parses \c input and stores the result in the property list.
    This is most useful for initializing a property list object from the result of a
    \c JSON.stringify call.
    Throws an exception if the input is in an invalid format.

    \section2 toJSONString
    \code
    toJSONString(style)
    \endcode
    Returns a string representation of the property list in JSON format.
    Possible values for \c style include \c "pretty" and \c "compact". The default is compact.

    \section2 toString
    \code
    toString(format)
    \endcode
    Returns a string representation of the property list in the specified format.
    Possible values for \c format include: \c "json" (compact), \c "json-compact", \c "json-pretty",
    and \c "xml1". Currently, the OpenStep format is not supported.
    Throws an exception if the object cannot be written in the given format.

    \section2 toXMLString
    \code
    toXMLString()
    \endcode
    Returns a string representation of the property list in XML format.
    This function is a synonym for \c toString("xml1").

    \section2 writeToFile
    \code
    writeToFile(filePath, format)
    \endcode
    Writes the property list to the file in the given format.
    Possible values for \c format include: \c "binary1", \c "json" (compact), \c "json-compact",
    \c "json-pretty", and \c "xml1". Currently, the OpenStep format is not supported for writing.
    Throws an exception if an I/O error occurs or the object cannot be written in the given format.
*/
