iOS Components and Frameworks: Understanding the Advanced Features of the iOS SDK
by Kyle Richter, Joe Keeley
Fetching by Object ID
When only one specific managed object needs to be fetched, Core Data provides a way to quickly retrieve that managed object without constructing a fetch request. To use this method, you must have the NSManagedObjectID for the managed object.
To get the NSManagedObjectID for a managed object, you must already have fetched or created the managed object. Refer to ICFMovieListViewController in the sample app, in the prepareForSegue:sender: method. In this case, the user has selected a movie from the list, and the view controller is about to segue from the list to the detail view for the selected movie. To inform the detail view controller which movie to display, the objectID for the selected movie is set as a property on the ...
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