@interface NSDictionary (NullReplacement)
- (NSDictionary *)dictionaryByReplacingNullsWithBlanks;
@end
import "NSDictionary+NullReplacement.h"
#import "NSArray+NullReplacement.h"
@implementation NSDictionary (NullReplacement)
- (NSDictionary *)dictionaryByReplacingNullsWithBlanks {
const NSMutableDictionary *replaced = [self mutableCopy];
const id nul = [NSNull null];
const NSString *blank = @"";
for (NSString *key in self) {
id object = [self objectForKey:key];
if (object == nul) [replaced setObject:blank forKey:key];
else if ([object isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) [replaced setObject:[object dictionaryByReplacingNullsWithBlanks] forKey:key];
else if ([object isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) [replaced setObject:[object arrayByReplacingNullsWithBlanks] forKey:key];
}
return [NSDictionary dictionaryWithDictionary:[replaced copy]];
}
@end
@interface NSArray (NullReplacement)
- (NSArray *)arrayByReplacingNullsWithBlanks;
@end
#import "NSArray+NullReplacement.h"
#import "NSDictionary+NullReplacement.h"
@implementation NSArray (NullReplacement)
- (NSArray *)arrayByReplacingNullsWithBlanks {
NSMutableArray *replaced = [self mutableCopy];
const id nul = [NSNull null];
const NSString *blank = @"";
for (int idx = 0; idx < [replaced count]; idx++) {
id object = [replaced objectAtIndex:idx];
if (object == nul) [replaced replaceObjectAtIndex:idx withObject:blank];
else if ([object isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) [replaced replaceObjectAtIndex:idx withObject:[object dictionaryByReplacingNullsWithBlanks]];
else if ([object isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]]) [replaced replaceObjectAtIndex:idx withObject:[object arrayByReplacingNullsWithBlanks]];
}
return [replaced copy];
}
@end