# `GSLayer.readBuffer`

*Instance Property*

Values deferred until the layer can complete format-dependent decoding.

## Declaration

```swift
var readBuffer: [AnyHashable : Any]? { get set }
```

```objc
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary * readBuffer;
```

```python
readBuffer() -> dict
setReadBuffer_(readBuffer: dict)
```

## See Also

### Encoding

- [`GSLayer propertyListValueFormat:error:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/propertyListValueFormat:error:) — A property-list representation for the specified Glyphs file format version.
- [`GSLayer saveToFile:format:context:error:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/saveToFile:format:context:error:) — Writes the layer in the specified Glyphs file format.
- [`GSLayer attributesDict:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/attributesDict:) — An attribute representation for the specified Glyphs file format version.
- [`GSLayer setReadBuffer:forKey:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/setReadBuffer:forKey:) — Stores a value for format-dependent decoding after the layer hierarchy is available.
- [`GSLayer postRead:format:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/postRead:format:) — Completes format-dependent decoding after the layer has been attached to its object hierarchy.
- [`GSLayer layerDataFromDict:format:error:`](/Core/GlyphsCore/GSLayer/layerDataFromDict:format:error:) — Encodes layer elements as Glyphs property-list data.