NSArray

[Konstantinos K.]

Hello and thanks for the great source code.
I have a question. How can i handle an NSArray in the testrecord for example in your demo?
as i see it i need to add the column in the testtable.m file as well.
how will i add the array in the table?

thanks

[Casa Taloyum]

the testrecord is extended from CTPersistanceRecord, but actually, you don't have to do this.

Any object who confirms to CTPersistanceRecordProtocol can be a record, and can be accepted by CTPersistance, even a customized UIView.

so, in your case, you can implement an object who confirms to CTPersistanceRecordProtocol, in - (void)objectRepresentationWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary; and - (NSDictionary *)dictionaryRepresentationWithTable:(CTPersistanceTable <CTPersistanceTableProtocol> *)table; you can handle NSArray.

[Konstantinos K.]

thanks a lot for your answer.
Can you add this case in your existing demo project for everyone to have?
great project
👍

[Casa Taloyum]

I think CTPersistanceRecord is the very case of this...

[Konstantinos K.]

as i see it i should add the array in the - (NSDictionary *)columnInfo method too.
so should i save the NSArray as a BLOB in the table?

[Casa Taloyum]

you can save the array data as a json string, and when you get data from database, you parse this json string into NSArray, while in - (void)objectRepresentationWithDictionary:(NSDictionary *)dictionary.

though sqlite support blob and CTPersistance is based on sqlite,I do not want to support blob type in first place, because I think all blob data like image should be saved as a file, and we save the path of image file in database.