iOS What is meant by a 'wrapper'?

[boyplunder]

I've done quite a bit of work on SQLite-based apps and am working on a few CoreData ones too, but I am uneducated in SQlite wrappers like FMDB.

Not having used this wrapper, why should I use it? What benefit is there?

 

[PhoneyDeveloper]

If you look at FMDB you should see the answer.

FMDB is written in Objective-C and has an OO design. The sqlite API is written in C and is very procedural. FMDB uses Objective-C memory management, sqlite API doesn't.

If you're a competent Obj-C coder you can learn FMDB in a few hours. It's easy to use and has very few gotchas. The sqlite API is more complicated.

Integrating sqlite API code into an Objecive-C app is doable but will engender some pain. FMDB will fit into your Objective-C app very easily.

I've definitely been more productive and wrote code faster with FMDB than I would have if I used the sqlite API directly. If it didn't already exist I would have had to write something like it myself.