On 2009 Dec 12, at 08:34, Ben Packard wrote:

> NSManagedObject *player = [NSEntityDescription 
> insertNewObjectForEntityForName:@"Player" inManagedObjectContext:[self 
> managedObjectContext]];

The above is good.

> But what I want to do is use a tournament builder class from the original 
> project that takes in a filepath and returns a Tournament, complete with all 
> it's players, tables etc.  This function works well in the original project 
> but when I try to use it in the core data project I get:
> 
> Failed to call designated initializer on NSManagedObject class 'Tournament'

From NSManagedObject documentation, "If you instantiate a managed object 
directly, you must call the designated initializer 
(initWithEntity:insertIntoManagedObjectContext:)."

Or, -[NSEntityDescription 
insertNewObjectForEntityForName:inManagedObjectContext:], as you've used above, 
should do the same thing.  Some subtleties are explained in its documentation.

> How am I meant to load into core data a whole graph of objects (tournament 
> and its constituent parts) that are returned from a function,

One at a time.  Just like you did with Players.  Do the same with all the 
Tables, all the Tournaments, etc.  You need to convert all these regular 
objects into managed objects.

> and where should I be putting the code?

wherever it feels good, probably after you read the file.  As long as it's 
running on the main thread.

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