[CoreData] Background Insertion
[CoreData] Background Insertion
- Subject: [CoreData] Background Insertion
- From: Andrew Kimpton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:23:57 -0400
My application needs to insert a several hundred entities into a
CoreData store as a result of parsing an XML file. In order to not
'block' the main UI thread I create a second thread and in that
thread create a second NSManagedObjectContext (for the same
NSPersistentStoreCoordinator as the main thread). My parsing and
insertions seem to go fine and I can save the managedObjectContext at
the end of parsing without error.
However the NSArrayController(s) and other bound items in the UI
don't seem to reflect the newly inserted items.
If I handle the NSManagedObjectContextDidSaveNotification in the
worker thread and use it to create an array of object id's for the
newly inserted items when I enumerate that array in my main thread
(and with the main threads ManagedObjectContext) using
objectRegisteredForID the returned object for each ID is always nil.
If I run my import a second time so that I'm updating rather than
inserting a lot of objects the same code gives me valid object pointers.
Am I missing something in how to co-ordinate the two
managedObjectContexts so that all the items inserted in one appear in
the other ? I've tried settings things like the merge policy (store
trumps objects) and also the setRetainsObjects flag on the
managedObjectContexts to no avail.
I know that my data has 'hit the disk' since if I quit and relaunch
the app then the array controllers and bound items all have the
appropriate data and displays. It's only the 'initial import' into an
empty persistent store and managedObjectContext that seems troublesome.
Thanks for any help
Andrew 8-)
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