CoreData & Subclasses

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  1. AlJaMa, Aug 17, 2009

    AlJaMa macrumors newbie

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    Hey everyone,
    I am trying to wrap my head around a seemingly simple concept. I would like to use CoreData to create a listing of different objects that all spawn from the same parent class. Here is example of my data Schema. [​IMG]

    What I would like to do is create a list of all Events (with just data from the "Event" parent Class) but then when the item is clicked I can display the data that is specific to that child class.

    Currently I have the list working, all I need now is a way to determine the type of the subclass of Event. If This is not clear enough, here is how I am running it currently.

    Create "partyEvent"
    List all "Event" objects
    When clicked, show detail of the "PartyEvent" object

    What I was thinking is that I could add a "type" to the "Event" class, then just cast accordingly when it is clicked?

    Thanks!
    AlJaMa
     
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  2. MrFusion, Aug 17, 2009

    MrFusion macrumors 6502a

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    You don't need to cast. Just use "id". If you have to find out which type it is, get the entitydescription of the managedobject.

    (untested code)
    Code:
    -(void) someMethod {
 id yourEvent = [self getEvent]; //I assume you have an instance somehow.
 NSString *type = [[yourEvent entity] name];
 [yourEvent valueForKey:@"latitude"]; //possible for all events
 if ([type isEqualto:@"PartyEvent"]
     [yourEvent valueForKey:@"extradata"]; //only for some events
}
    Maybe you need to go over the structure of your model again. I would make the relationship from event to photo a "to many". Or can you not have multiple photo's for a single event?
     
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  3. AlJaMa, Aug 17, 2009

    AlJaMa thread starter macrumors newbie

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    Thanks

    Wow thanks so much, I cant believe that I forgot about id :eek: haha. Anyways, thanks for noticing the error in the data structure too, but I just made that one up real quick as to not over complicate the example.

    Thanks again!
    AlJaMa
     
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