I've got a series of NSManagedObjects and subclasses. Most of them
have a
"notes" field holding RTF saved as NSData. I'd like to expose the
text of
these notes to being searched by adding a method that makes an
attributed
string out of the data and then extracts the raw string. The
question is:
where do I put this method? I could:
Add a category to NSManagedObject with a "searchableNotes" method
and trap
exceptions for when the "notes" key doesn't exist.
This doesn't really encapsulate application logic. (And...)
Assume that the "searchableNotes" method won't change, and just add
it in to
any classes that need it.
This doesn't use the benefits of object orientation. (And...)
Subclass NSManagedObject, add the "searchableNotes" method, and
make all the
objects with a "notes" key subclasses of this.
This approach is just right...
You might also consider defining an *entity* (probably abstract) from
which the other entities inherit -- it would contain a
searchableNotes attribute.
Depending on likely access patterns, you might also consider caching
the searchableNotes. See <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/
Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/Articles/cdNSAttributes.html> for details
of an approach to implementing this.
mmalc
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