CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosuitableviewcore-dataswift
cmii
cmii

Reputation: 3636

Print a Core Data database in uitableview in SWIFT

I have a tableview HomeViewController connected to my database (coredata) with a Post entity.

The table view displays correctly. The title of each post is displayed in the cells. But I don't understand something.

When I print post.valueForKey("title"), I have the title. But if I print just println(post) nothing is printed. Why ?

class HomeViewController: UITableViewController, UITableViewDelegate {

    private var posts = [Post]()

    override func viewWillAppear(animated: Bool) {
        let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName:"Post")
        var sorter: NSSortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "date" , ascending: false)
        fetchRequest.sortDescriptors = [sorter]

        let fetchResultsPosts = CoreDataManager.sharedManager.managedObjectContext!.executeFetchRequest(fetchRequest, error: nil) as? [Post]
        println(CoreDataManager.sharedManager.managedObjectContext!) //NOT EMPTY
        println(fetchResultsPosts) //NOT EMPTY


        if let results = fetchedResults {
            posts = results //PRINT optional ([,  ,  ,  ])
        } 
    }

    override func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

        let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell", forIndexPath:indexPath) as UITableViewCell

        let post = posts[indexPath.row] as Post
        println(post) // PRINT NOTHING
        println(post.valueForKey("title")) //PRINT Optional(Le titre de mon post)

        cell.textLabel.text = post.valueForKey("title") as String?


        return cell
    }

}

In the console :

--->isam.HomeViewController - viewWillAppear<---
Optional(<NSManagedObjectContext: 0x7faa12649150>)
<NSFetchRequest: 0x7faa126919e0> (entity: Post; predicate: ((null)); sortDescriptors: ((
    "(date, descending, compare:)"
)); type: NSManagedObjectResultType; )
Optional([, , , ])
--->isam.HomeViewController - tableView(_:cellForRowAtIndexPath:)<---

Optional(Le titre de mon post)
--->isam.HomeViewController - tableView(_:cellForRowAtIndexPath:)<---

I need to understand why, because I have to pass the Post for the next view controller (when user presses a cell).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 766

Answers (1)

Mundi
Mundi

Reputation: 80265

If you print with println you need to provide a string.

println(post.description)

I would not worry about it. The post seems to have been retrieved successfully because you can access its attributes. Just pass the object on to your next controller if you need to.

In Core Data, objects are fetched quite efficiently, including a method called "faulting". That means that the attributes of the fetched objects are not fetched right away but only when they are needed. All this is happening behind the scenes, so you do not have to care about it.

Upvotes: 1

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