Should I read/write data directly from/to a plist file in the view controller or is it better to define a class for the model and then use its methods to read/write data?
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Should I read/write data directly from/to a plist file in the view controller or is it better to define a class for the model and then use its methods to read/write data?
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It depends what you’re doing. If you are doing extensive work with the
.plistfile, then it’s probably better to write a class to handle all of the different things you’re doing to it. If you’re just taking one value out one time or something similar then you could write a class, but it’s not really a significant issue.You don’t want your view controller to end up doing a lot of the lifting in areas that don’t pertain directly to the view, so just think about how much code you’ll be adding. If you think there’s a chance you might want to do more things with the
.plistfile then go ahead and write a class for it.