Binary plist viewer

The tool provides a web-based parser and viewer for Apple Binary Property List files. It is designed for developers, QA engineers, and data analysts who need to inspect, validate, or convert plist data without macOS tooling. Typical tasks include extracting configuration values, debugging app state stored in plists, or preparing test data for cross‑platform environments. The tool accepts a single plist file as input and returns a structured representation that can be consumed by automated pipelines.\n\nCore Capability and Data Handling: It decodes the Apple binary plist format into a structured, language-agnostic representation, supporting booleans, integers, real numbers, strings, dates, and data blobs. Nesting in dictionaries and arrays is preserved, and a hierarchical JSON tree is produced by default. Optional outputs include an XML plist representation. The system preserves data types and hierarchy, supports nested structures, and provides deterministic results suitable for testing and data migration.\n\nInputs, Outputs, and Data Integrity: The primary input is a binary plist file or plist file uploaded via a file input (required). Output formats include JSON (default) and XML. Validation checks enforce file extension and basic content-type; large files may be chunked for streaming. The output is a structured data object or an XML plist string that can be consumed by downstream processes.\n\nAlgorithms & Reliability: Parsing relies on the standard bplist structure, decoding type markers and object graphs, decoding date values from Apple reference epoch, and reconstructing dictionaries in insertion order. No code execution occurs; the tool only decodes and formats data for inspection.\n\nError Handling & Edge Cases: Invalid, encrypted, or unsupported plists produce a structured error with a code and message. Very large plists may trigger timeouts or memory limits; partially corrupted sections are surfaced with diagnostic notes. Missing inputs are rejected with a clear error.\n\nIndustry Standards & Localization: Follows Apple plist specifications; UTF-8 strings; dates use Apple epoch. Formatting for JSON and XML adheres to standard serialization practices for cross‑platform consumption.\n\nAssumptions & Exclusions: Assumes a single plist input per request; does not edit or execute code inside plists; encrypted plists are not decrypted; not a full featured plist editor.