iOS how to change function types

[eagerterrier]

I have a controller that I want to be in charge of getting and setting preferences in the plist files

And I have some code like this

Prefs *prefController = [[Prefs alloc] init];
	NSString *cachingOn = [prefController getPreference:@"cachingOn"];

	NSLog(@"The preference is *%@*",cachingOn);
	
	if([cachingOn isEqual:@"on"]){
		NSLog(@"Caching is on!");
		
	}

Now this works fine. Just great. However, when I have plist nodes that are boolean or date etc, this code just doesn't cut it.

The problem is that my Prefs->getPreference method returns an NSString.

My question is, how do I get the method to return whatever data type the plist node is?

Thanks


TC

 

[caveman_uk]

What's wrong with the built in preferences system using NSUserDefaults? This would seem to do everything you want.

Anyway, in answer to your question is to make the return type id.