On Feb 21, 2011, at 09:30, Shane wrote:
> I have data fields that come from a record (row) that was imported
> from a file, so it's like an array of numbers which is currently
> unknown until the user assigns meaning to these data fields.
>
> I'm wondering if an entity can have a property w/ an array (or
> variable length of types) type of data. My reasoning is that these
> variable number of datas are all part of the same record or problem
> set.
Yes, it can literally have an NSArray property, if you use transformable
attributes:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/Articles/cdNSAttributes.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40001919-SW9
The standard archiving transformer should work fine. (You can also write your
own value transformer if you have a reason to, but you'll have to deal with
endianness and other architecture-related issues on your own, if you go that
route.)
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