typedstream

Similar to plist format

Magic header: <0x04><0x0b>streamtyped

• depth42/MEUnarchiver: Attempt at implementing a replacement for NSUnarchiver which is not available under iOS. This can be handy for reading legacy file-formats on iOS devices. It does not provide all features of NSUnarchiver but the basic stuff is there.

• cocotron/NSUnarchiver.m at master · berkus/cocotron

• libobjc/archive.c at master · gnustep/libobjc

• class-dump - Steve Nygard

• typedstream.h

  You can use typedstreams to save arbitrary C data, including Objective C objects, onto an arbitrary stream (see NXStream) [...] Not only data structures are written, but also their type, allowing for retrieval even in the absence of the code used for saving them

• NSCompatibility.h

• ios - Inspecting files of type "NeXT/Apple typedstream" version 4 (NSArchiver) - Stack Overflow

• objective c - Is there a way to read in files in TypedStream format - Stack Overflow

• macos - Has anyone dig into the data format of the mac sticky notes database? - Stack Overflow

• Legacy File Formats

• Apple - Lists.apple.com - NSUnarchiver and StickiesDatabase

• http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-744.19/CFBinaryPList.c

• AAPL-Darwin - Browse /Darwin-0.1 at SourceForge.net - Darwin 0.3 re-built to run on x86 objc-1.tar.gz