Re: Core Data - use of simple accessors vs. KVC

FROM : mmalc crawford
DATE : Fri Aug 29 04:33:26 2008

On Aug 27, 2008, at 11:11 PM, Negm-Awad Amin wrote:

>> Perhaps I'm being dense here, but why would you use a category on 
>> NSManagedObject to declare accessors that only actually apply to a 
>> single entity?
>> [...]
>> Am I missing something?

> No, you misssed nothing. Using a category of NSManagedObject is 
> mixing machine.
> You should never do that.
>

This "advice" directly contradicts the documentation and the 
suggestions of the Core Data team.
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/Articles/cdAccessorMethods.html
>

mmalc