Writing to the Filesystem with NSData

Our archiving in Homepwner saves and loads the imageKey for each BNRItem, but what about the images themselves? Let’s extend the image store to save images as they are added and fetch them as they are needed.

The images for BNRItem instances are created by user interaction and are only stored within the application. Therefore, the Documents directory is the best place to store them. You can use the image key generated when the user takes a picture to name the image in the filesystem.

Open BNRImageStore.h and add a new method declaration.

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Implement imagePathForKey: in BNRImageStore.m to create a path in the documents ...

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