NSDictionary custom object store and retrieve - ios

Question

Trying to store value in NSDictionary and retrieve it
Objects
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#class ATTTEstOBJ;
#interface ATTTEst : NSObject
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *string1;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *string2;
#property (nonatomic, retain) ATTTEstOBJ *obj1;
#end
#interface ATTTEstOBJ : NSObject
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *string3;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *string4;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *array1;
#end
I know it needs to be encoded properly to save and retrieve values.but In this case it is a composite object and I have no idea, how to deal it with.
- (void) encodeWithCoder: (NSCoder *)coder
So TLDR , How to save the composite value into dictionary and retrieve it back
I want to store ATTTest into a dictionary and retrieve it back.
EDIT : Detailed explanation
ATTTEst *test=[[ATTTEst alloc]init];
test.string1=#"a";
test.string2=#"b";
ATTTEstOBJ *obj=[[ATTTEstOBJ alloc]init];
obj.string3=#"c";
obj.string4=#"d";
test.obj1=obj;
NSMutableDictionary *dict=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc]initWithCapacity:3];
[dict setObject:test forKey:#"test"];
NSLog(#"%#",dict);
ATTTEst *tester=[dict objectForKey:test];
NSLog(#"%#",tester.obj1.string3);
IT shows null.as output I want to get the value as c for tester.obj1.string3

Answer 1

ATTTEst *tester=[dict objectForKey:test];
should be
ATTTEst *tester=[dict objectForKey:#"test"];
You have used the object test (instead of the string #"test") as key when retrieving the object. I don't think that
was intentionally.

Answer 2

In order to store them into NSDictionary, you don't need to encode them.
Just do:
NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:, attestObject,#"attestObject", attest2Object,#"atttest2" nil];
Where attestObject and attest2Object are the objects you want to store, and strings are their keys.
This has nothing to do with encoding...