From 3aa373d83a5266a6f5d7d65c482db6d054400cd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Coxson <jkcoxson@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 18:21:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add libplist conversion

---
 Cargo.lock                  | 313 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 ffi/Cargo.toml              |   2 +
 ffi/build.rs                |   1 +
 ffi/examples/CMakeLists.txt |  27 +++-
 ffi/src/util.rs             |   9 ++
 5 files changed, 328 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ba67b5f..f11f850 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.18"
@@ -111,12 +120,32 @@ version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "atty"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autotools"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef941527c41b0fc0dd48511a8154cd5fc7e29200a0ff8b7203c5d777dbc795cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backtrace"
 version = "0.3.74"
@@ -138,6 +167,35 @@ version = "0.22.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.59.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bd2a9a458e8f4304c52c43ebb0cfbd520289f8379a52e329a38afda99bf8eb8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "cexpr",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "clap 2.34.0",
+ "env_logger 0.9.3",
+ "lazy_static",
+ "lazycell",
+ "log",
+ "peeking_take_while",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
+ "which",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -230,7 +288,7 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eadd868a2ce9ca38de7eeafdcec9c7065ef89b42b32f0839278d55f35c54d1ff"
 dependencies = [
- "clap",
+ "clap 4.5.27",
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
@@ -252,6 +310,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cexpr"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -270,6 +337,32 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clang-sys"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.34.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "strsim 0.8.0",
+ "textwrap",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "vec_map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.27"
@@ -289,7 +382,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anstream",
  "anstyle",
  "clap_lex",
- "strsim",
+ "strsim 0.11.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -443,6 +536,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "litrs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.15.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "48c757948c5ede0e46177b7add2e67155f70e33c07fea8284df6576da70b3719"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.35"
@@ -462,6 +561,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "env_logger"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a12e6657c4c97ebab115a42dcee77225f7f482cdd841cf7088c657a42e9e00e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "atty",
+ "humantime",
+ "log",
+ "regex",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.11.7"
@@ -673,7 +785,7 @@ version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ba121d81ab5ea05b0cd5858516266800bf965531a794f7ac58e3eeb804f364f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "libc",
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
@@ -707,6 +819,12 @@ version = "0.31.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "07e28edb80900c19c28f1072f2e8aeca7fa06b23cd4169cefe1af5aa3260783f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8d1add55171497b4705a648c6b583acafb01d58050a51727785f0b2c8e0a2b2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.4.7"
@@ -744,6 +862,24 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62b467343b94ba476dcb2500d242dadbb39557df889310ac77c5d99100aaac33"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "home"
+version = "0.5.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "589533453244b0995c858700322199b2becb13b627df2851f64a2775d024abcf"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -784,6 +920,12 @@ version = "1.9.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d71d3574edd2771538b901e6549113b4006ece66150fb69c0fb6d9a2adae946"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9b112acc8b3adf4b107a8ec20977da0273a8c386765a3ec0229bd500a1443f9f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -982,7 +1124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
- "env_logger",
+ "env_logger 0.11.7",
  "futures",
  "indexmap",
  "json",
@@ -990,7 +1132,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ns-keyed-archive",
  "openssl",
  "plist",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1012,6 +1154,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "once_cell",
  "openssl-sys",
+ "plist",
+ "plist_plus",
  "simplelog",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -1020,8 +1164,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "idevice-tools"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "clap",
- "env_logger",
+ "clap 4.5.27",
+ "env_logger 0.11.7",
  "idevice",
  "log",
  "ns-keyed-archive",
@@ -1122,6 +1266,18 @@ version = "0.12.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "078e285eafdfb6c4b434e0d31e8cfcb5115b651496faca5749b88fafd4f23bfd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbd2bcb4c963f2ddae06a2efc7e9f3591312473c50c6685e1f298068316e66fe"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "lazycell"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "830d08ce1d1d941e6b30645f1a0eb5643013d835ce3779a5fc208261dbe10f55"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.171"
@@ -1203,6 +1359,12 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "minimal-lexical"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.8.3"
@@ -1246,7 +1408,7 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ab2156c4fce2f8df6c499cc1c763e4394b7482525bf2a9701c9d79d215f519e4"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "cfg_aliases 0.1.1",
  "libc",
@@ -1259,12 +1421,22 @@ version = "0.29.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "cfg_aliases 0.2.1",
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "7.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d273983c5a657a70a3e8f2a01329822f3b8c8172b73826411a55751e404a0a4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "minimal-lexical",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ns-keyed-archive"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -1281,7 +1453,7 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f237a10fe003123daa55a74b63a0b0a65de1671b2d128711ffe5886891a8f77f"
 dependencies = [
- "clap",
+ "clap 4.5.27",
  "plist",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -1322,7 +1494,7 @@ version = "0.10.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f5e534d133a060a3c19daec1eb3e98ec6f4685978834f2dbadfe2ec215bab64e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
  "libc",
@@ -1399,6 +1571,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "peeking_take_while"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "19b17cddbe7ec3f8bc800887bab5e717348c95ea2ca0b1bf0837fb964dc67099"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -1436,9 +1614,9 @@ checksum = "953ec861398dccce10c670dfeaf3ec4911ca479e9c02154b3a215178c5f566f2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "plist"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42cf17e9a1800f5f396bc67d193dc9411b59012a5876445ef450d449881e1016"
+checksum = "eac26e981c03a6e53e0aee43c113e3202f5581d5360dae7bd2c70e800dd0451d"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "indexmap",
@@ -1447,6 +1625,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plist_plus"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "167429a361cacecf5cab907c235e620b3faf5f36b97d7f72c32907ccdca700cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "autotools",
+ "bindgen",
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portable-atomic"
 version = "1.11.0"
@@ -1504,17 +1696,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
 dependencies = [
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rand_chacha"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -1522,7 +1735,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.6.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1540,7 +1762,7 @@ version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "03a862b389f93e68874fbf580b9de08dd02facb9a788ebadaf4a3fd33cf58834"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1637,13 +1859,19 @@ version = "0.1.24"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-hash"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.44"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fdb5bc1ae2baa591800df16c9ca78619bf65c0488b41b96ccec5d11220d8c154"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
@@ -1724,7 +1952,7 @@ version = "2.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "897b2245f0b511c87893af39b033e5ca9cce68824c4d7e7630b5a1d339658d02"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "core-foundation",
  "core-foundation-sys",
  "libc",
@@ -1868,6 +2096,12 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
@@ -1928,7 +2162,7 @@ version = "0.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c879d448e9d986b661742763247d3693ed13609438cf3d006f51f5368a5ba6b"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "core-foundation",
  "system-configuration-sys",
 ]
@@ -1966,6 +2200,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "2.0.11"
@@ -2194,7 +2437,7 @@ version = "1.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53141e64197ff7e758b8152615e50bb4a3b18c970738876e7906d31f242c7d6e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "blocking",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
@@ -2222,7 +2465,7 @@ version = "2.0.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "397f7515d2ab25d87dbb89af39b6813c1df6a89703003d7939c1f6bbc0fbeed9"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
  "blocking",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
@@ -2256,6 +2499,12 @@ version = "1.0.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "11cd88e12b17c6494200a9c1b683a04fcac9573ed74cd1b62aeb2727c5592243"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.1.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7dd6e30e90baa6f72411720665d41d89b9a3d039dc45b8faea1ddd07f617f6af"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -2348,6 +2597,12 @@ version = "0.2.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.5"
@@ -2468,6 +2723,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls-pki-types",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "which"
+version = "4.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87ba24419a2078cd2b0f2ede2691b6c66d8e47836da3b6db8265ebad47afbfc7"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+ "home",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rustix",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "widestring"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -2731,7 +2998,7 @@ version = "0.33.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3268f3d866458b787f390cf61f4bbb563b922d091359f9608842999eaee3943c"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.8.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/ffi/Cargo.toml b/ffi/Cargo.toml
index 5efdeef..9e6c602 100644
--- a/ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ once_cell = "1.21.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.44.1", features = ["full"] }
 libc = "0.2.171"
 openssl-sys = { version = "0.9", features = ["vendored"] }
+plist = "1.7.1"
+plist_plus = { version = "0.2.6", features = ["vendored"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cbindgen = "0.28.0"
diff --git a/ffi/build.rs b/ffi/build.rs
index efb8dc2..ad44920 100644
--- a/ffi/build.rs
+++ b/ffi/build.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ fn main() {
         )
         .with_language(cbindgen::Language::C)
         .with_sys_include("sys/socket.h")
+        .with_sys_include("plist/plist.h")
         .generate()
         .expect("Unable to generate bindings")
         .write_to_file("idevice.h");
diff --git a/ffi/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/ffi/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index d9ea0ae..33c6b3b 100644
--- a/ffi/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ffi/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ project(IdeviceFFI C)
 
 # Set the paths
 set(HEADER_FILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../idevice.h)
-set(STATIC_LIB ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/target/release/libidevice_ffi.a)
+set(STATIC_LIB ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../target/release/libidevice_ffi.a)
 set(EXAMPLES_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../examples)
 
 # Find all C example files
@@ -30,6 +30,31 @@ foreach(EXAMPLE_FILE ${EXAMPLE_SOURCES})
     # Link OpenSSL
     target_link_libraries(${EXAMPLE_NAME} PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
 
+    # libplist
+
+    if( APPLE )
+      # use static linking
+      pkg_search_module(PLIST REQUIRED libplist-2.0)
+      find_library( LIBPLIST libplist-2.0.a REQUIRED )
+      message( STATUS "(Static linking) LIBPLIST " ${LIBPLIST} )
+      target_link_libraries ( ${EXAMPLE_NAME} PRIVATE ${LIBPLIST} )
+    elseif( WIN32)
+    pkg_search_module(PLIST REQUIRED libplist-2.0)
+      find_library( LIBPLIST ${PLIST_LIBRARIES} PATH ${PLIST_LIBDIR} )
+      target_link_libraries ( ${EXAMPLE_NAME} PRIVATE ${LIBPLIST} )
+    else ()
+      pkg_search_module(PLIST libplist>=2.0)
+      if(NOT PLIST_FOUND)
+        pkg_search_module(PLIST REQUIRED libplist-2.0)
+      endif()
+      find_library( LIBPLIST ${PLIST_LIBRARIES} PATH ${PLIST_LIBDIR} )
+      target_link_libraries ( ${EXAMPLE_NAME} PUBLIC ${LIBPLIST} )
+    endif()
+    if ( PLIST_FOUND )
+      message( STATUS "found libplist-${PLIST_VERSION}" )
+    endif()
+    target_include_directories( ${EXAMPLE_NAME} PRIVATE ${PLIST_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+
     # Bulk-link common macOS system frameworks
     if(APPLE)
       target_link_libraries(${EXAMPLE_NAME} PRIVATE
diff --git a/ffi/src/util.rs b/ffi/src/util.rs
index cacabc7..19eacea 100644
--- a/ffi/src/util.rs
+++ b/ffi/src/util.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use libc::{sockaddr_in, sockaddr_in6};
+use plist::Value;
 
 use crate::IdeviceErrorCode;
 
@@ -75,3 +76,11 @@ pub(crate) fn c_addr_to_rust(addr: *const libc::sockaddr) -> Result<IpAddr, Idev
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub(crate) fn plist_to_libplist(v: &Value) -> plist_plus::Plist {
+    let buf = Vec::new();
+    let mut writer = std::io::BufWriter::new(buf);
+    plist::to_writer_xml(&mut writer, v).unwrap();
+    let buf = String::from_utf8(writer.into_inner().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    plist_plus::Plist::from_xml(buf).unwrap()
+}