1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/objc_tools/plmerge/java/com/google/devtools/build/xcode/plmerge/PlistMerging.java b/src/objc_tools/plmerge/java/com/google/devtools/build/xcode/plmerge/PlistMerging.java
index 0463039fac..b292a65bd1 100644
--- a/src/objc_tools/plmerge/java/com/google/devtools/build/xcode/plmerge/PlistMerging.java
+++ b/src/objc_tools/plmerge/java/com/google/devtools/build/xcode/plmerge/PlistMerging.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class PlistMerging extends Value<PlistMerging> {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Writes the results of a merge operation to a plist file.
+   * Writes the results of a merge operation to a binary plist file.
    * @param plistPath the path of the plist to write in binary format
    */
   public PlistMerging writePlist(Path plistPath) throws IOException {
@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ public class PlistMerging extends Value<PlistMerging> {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Writes the results of a merge operation to an XML plist file.
+   * @param plistPath the path of the plist to write in XML format
+   */
+  public PlistMerging writeXmlPlist(Path plistPath) throws IOException {
+    try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(plistPath)) {
+      PropertyListParser.saveAsXML(merged, out);
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Writes a PkgInfo file based on certain keys in the merged plist.
    * @param pkgInfoPath the path of the PkgInfo file to write. In many iOS apps, this file just
    *     contains the raw string {@code APPL????}.