Custom setter methods in Core-Data

Question

I need to write a custom setter method for a field (we\'ll call it foo) in my subclass of NSManagedObject. foo is defined in the data

Answer 1

Here's how I'm doing KVO on the id attribute of a Photo : NSManagedObject. If the photo's ID changes, then download the new photo.

#pragma mark NSManagedObject

- (void)awakeFromInsert {
    [self observePhotoId];
}

- (void)awakeFromFetch {
    [self observePhotoId];
}

- (void)observePhotoId {
    [self addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"id"
              options:(NSKeyValueObservingOptionOld | NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew) context:NULL];
}

- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath ofObject:(id)object change:(NSDictionary *)change
                       context:(void *)context {
    if ([keyPath isEqualToString:@"id"]) {
        NSString *oldValue = [change objectForKey:NSKeyValueChangeOldKey];
        NSString *newValue = [change objectForKey:NSKeyValueChangeNewKey];        
        if (![newValue isEqualToString:oldValue]) {
            [self handleIdChange];
        }
    }
}

- (void)willTurnIntoFault {
    [self removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"id"];
}

#pragma mark Photo

- (void)handleIdChange {
    // Implemented by subclasses, but defined here to hide warnings.
    // [self download]; // example implementation
}