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Re: XcodeDataModel Browser: 'User Info' attribute...?
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Re: XcodeDataModel Browser: 'User Info' attribute...?


  • Subject: Re: XcodeDataModel Browser: 'User Info' attribute...?
  • From: David LeBer <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:08:36 -0400

On 2010-10-27, at 1:45 PM, Frederick C. Lee wrote:

> Greetings:
>    I notice the segmented button up on the top-right corner of the XcodeDataModel Browser, the icon with the human silhouette.
> Clicking on it yields a key-value data entry dialog.
>
>
> Neophyte Question: What's the 'User Info' attribute used for?

It stores key/value pairs in an NSDictionary accessible from the NSEntityDescription or NSAttributeDescription's userInfo.

We've used it to add hints for pairing MOs with their remote web service counterparts, or hints to easy copying the object graph.

But really you can use them for anything.

;david

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