Property-list customs office · envelopes are not value types
XML paper and bplist00 carry the same restricted type family.
A property list is a typed value tree, not “some XML.” This studio detects the envelope, inventories native Apple types, inspects Info.plist identity, and makes every JSON loss declaration explicit.
Envelope detectorLOCAL PARSER
XML
<?xml …><plist>human-readable
BINARY
bplist00compact envelope
OPENSTEP
key = value; dictionarylegacy ASCII
PARSED → ONE TYPED TREE
Typed object tree
▾Dictionary8 keys
├─CFBundleIdentifierString
├─CFBundleVersionString
├─BuildDateDate
├─IconDataData · 4.2 KB
└─ ▾SupportedPlatformsArray(2)
├─[0]String · iPhoneOS
└─[1]String · iPhoneSimulator
Info.plist field station
Identity
CFBundleIdentifier · DisplayName · Executable
Release
ShortVersionString · Version
Platform
MinimumOSVersion · SupportedPlatforms
Routing
URLTypes · QueriesSchemes
Privacy
NS…UsageDescription strings
Boundary
entitlements and signing live elsewhere
Type passport
<dict>DictionaryObjectkeys must be strings<array>ArrayArrayordered<integer>/<real>NSNumberNumberelement intent may collapse<date>DateDateJSON has no native date<data>DataUint8ArrayJSON has no bytes<true/>/<false/>BooleanbooleansafeJSON customs declaration
Date
__plistType: date + iso8601TAGGED OBJECTData
__plistType: data + base64TAGGED OBJECTInteger / real
JavaScript NumberORIGINAL TAG MAY BE LOSTDictionary root
JSON objectDIRECTArray / scalar root
valid plist rootDO NOT WRAPBinary / XML parity
EVIDENCEXMLBINARY
Logical valuessame typed familysame typed family
Envelopereviewable XMLbplist00 object table
Formatting outputnormalized XMLconverted to XML
Byte preservationnot promisednot promised
Encryptionnone impliedbinary is not encrypted
Native plutil handoff
$ plutil -lint Info.plist$ plutil -p Info.plist$ plutil -extract CFBundleIdentifier raw Info.plist$ plutil -type BuildDate Info.plist$ plutil -convert xml1 -o Info.xml.plist Info.plist