UIView+cloneSerialization.m

//
//  UIView+cloneSerialization.m
//
//  Created by Jonathan Annett on 9/10/13.
//  Copyright (c) 2013 Sophtwhere. All rights reserved.
//

#import "UIView+cloneSerialization.h"
#import "NSData+zlibCompression.h"

@implementation UIView (cloneSerialization)

-(NSData*) serializedData {
    NSMutableData    *data = [[NSMutableData alloc] init];
    NSKeyedArchiver  *archiver = [[NSKeyedArchiver alloc] initForWritingWithMutableData:data];

    [archiver encodeObject:self forKey:@"view"];
    [archiver finishEncoding];

    NSData* result = [data compress];

    [archiver release];
    [data release];
    return result;
}

+ (UIView *) UIViewFromSerializedData:(NSData *)data {
    NSKeyedUnarchiver  *unarchiver = [[NSKeyedUnarchiver alloc] initForReadingWithData:[data decompress]];

    UIView *view = [unarchiver decodeObjectForKey:@"view"];

    [unarchiver finishDecoding];
    [unarchiver release];

    return view;
}


+ (id) viewFromSerializedData:(NSData *)data {
    UIView *result = nil;
    @autoreleasepool {
        UIView *template = [self UIViewFromSerializedData:data];
        if (template) {


            Class selfClass = [self class];
            id result_ = [[selfClass alloc] initWithFrame:template.frame];
            result = result_;
            result.hidden = template.hidden;
            result.backgroundColor = template.backgroundColor;
            result.alpha = template.alpha;
            result.opaque = template.opaque;
            result.clearsContextBeforeDrawing = template.clearsContextBeforeDrawing;
            result.contentMode = template.contentMode;
            if ([result respondsToSelector:@selector(setTintColor:)]) {
                result.tintColor = template.tintColor;
            }
            if ([result respondsToSelector:@selector(setTintAdjustmentMode:)]) {
                result.tintAdjustmentMode = template.tintAdjustmentMode;
            }

            result.clipsToBounds = template.clipsToBounds;

            while (template.subviews.count>0) {
                UIView *subview = [template.subviews firstObject];
                [subview retain];
                [subview removeFromSuperview];
                [result addSubview:subview];
                [subview release];
            }
        }

    }

    return [result autorelease];
}

-(UIView*) cloneAsUIView {
    NSData *data = [self serializedData];
    return [[self class] UIViewFromSerializedData:data];
}

-(id) clone {
    NSData *data = [self serializedData];
    return [[self class] viewFromSerializedData:data];
}


@end