DataManager from the iOS 15 Swift Book....

DataManager.swift

//
//  DataManager.swift
//  LetsEat
//
//  Created by MSiccDev on 07.09.23.
//

import Foundation

protocol DataManager {
    func loadPlist(file name: String) ->
    [[String: AnyObject]]
}

extension DataManager{
    func loadPlist(file name: String) -> [[String: AnyObject]]
    {
        guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: name, ofType: "pList"),
              let itemsData = FileManager.default.contents(atPath: path),
              let items = try! PropertyListSerialization.propertyList(from: itemsData, format: nil)
                as? [[String: AnyObject]] else {
            return[[:]]
        }
        return items
    }
}