ios swift, How to convert 'object to nsdata'

Question

I want to define ac ++ structure as swift code and serialize and deserialize it to write to socket.

class PacketHeader: NSObject, NSCoding {
    var ver: UInt8 = 0
    var len: UInt32 = 0

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        ??
    }

    func encode(with aCoder: NSCoder) {
        ??
    }
}

I can not find a function to decode and encode uint8, uint32.

Answer 1

Here's what you need to do if you don't want to convert to NSNumber , though I suspect that this must be a duplicate question:

class PacketHeader: NSObject, NSCoding {
    var ver: UInt8 = 0
    var len: UInt32 = 0

    init(ver: UInt8, len: UInt32) {
        self.ver = ver
        self.len = len
        super.init()
    }

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        self.ver = UInt8(aDecoder.decodeCInt(forKey: "ver"))
        self.len = UInt32(aDecoder.decodeCInt(forKey: "len"))
    }

    func encode(with aCoder: NSCoder) {
        aCoder.encodeCInt(Int32(self.ver), forKey: "ver")
        aCoder.encodeCInt(Int32(self.len), forKey: "len")
    }
}

let x = PacketHeader(ver: 75, len: 123)
let e = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: x)
if let y = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: e) as? PacketHeader {
    print("\(y.ver), \(y.len)") // 75, 123
} else {
    print("URK???")
}

Answer 2

Xcode 8 (Swift 3) Playground:

class PacketHeader: NSObject, NSCoding {
    var ver: UInt8 = 0
    var len: UInt32 = 0

    override init() {
        super.init()
    }

    required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {

        if let ver = aDecoder.decodeObject(forKey: "ver") as? NSNumber {
            self.ver = ver.uint8Value
        }

        if let len = aDecoder.decodeObject(forKey: "len") as? NSNumber {
            self.len = len.uint32Value
        }

    }

    func encode(with aCoder: NSCoder) {
        aCoder.encode(NSNumber(value: ver), forKey: "ver")
        aCoder.encode(NSNumber(value: len), forKey: "len")
    }

}

let data = PacketHeader()
data.ver = 10
data.len = 8

let savedData = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: data)
let obj = NSKeyedUnarchiver.unarchiveObject(with: savedData) as? PacketHeader
obj?.ver
obj?.len