RestKit, CoreData and Swift - I can't seem to fetch results back out

Question

I have successfully set up a RestKit to CoreData mapping implementation in a new Swift-based app (currently XCode 6 beta 3). I know the import mappings are working from my RestK

Answer 1

The answer is that apparently Swift does not like casting the fetch result as an optional. I have to put the result into a local variable and then set the optional:

var currentUser: User? {
    if !_currentUser {
        var error: NSError? = nil
        let request = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "User")
        let recordCount = self.managedObjectContext.countForFetchRequest(request, error:&error)
        NSLog("user records found: \(recordCount)")
        var result = self.managedObjectContext.executeFetchRequest(request, error:&error)
        for resultItem : AnyObject in result {
            var currentUserItem = resultItem as User
            NSLog("Fetched User for \(currentUserItem.firstname) \(currentUserItem.lastname)")
            _currentUser = currentUserItem
        }
    }
    return _currentUser;
}

Here is my setup and teardown of RestKit in Swift in case anyone (like niiamon) finds it helpful:

From my RestApi.swift:

var objectStore: RKManagedObjectStore = RKManagedObjectStore()

init() {
    configureRestKit()
}

func configureRestKit() {
    let objectManager = RKObjectManager(baseURL: NSURL.URLWithString(baseUrl))
    //objectManager.requestSerializationMIMEType = RKMIMETypeJSON;
    RKObjectManager.setSharedManager(objectManager)

    objectStore = RKManagedObjectStore(managedObjectModel: managedObjectModel())
    let dataPath = "\(RKApplicationDataDirectory())/MyApp.sqlite"
    NSLog("Setting up store at \(dataPath)")
    objectStore.addSQLitePersistentStoreAtPath(dataPath, fromSeedDatabaseAtPath: nil, withConfiguration: nil, options: optionsForSqliteStore(), error: nil)
    objectStore.createManagedObjectContexts()
    objectStore.managedObjectCache = RKInMemoryManagedObjectCache(managedObjectContext: objectStore.persistentStoreManagedObjectContext)
    objectManager.managedObjectStore = objectStore

    // -- Declare routes -- //

    // Login Route
    objectManager.addResponseDescriptor(userLoginResponseDescriptor())
    objectManager.addResponseDescriptor(eventLoginResponseDescriptor())
    objectManager.router.routeSet.addRoute(RKRoute(name:kUserLoginRouteName, pathPattern: "/login", method: RKRequestMethod.POST))
}

func tearDownRestKit() {
    // Cancel any network operations and clear the cache
    RKObjectManager.sharedManager().operationQueue.cancelAllOperations()
    NSURLCache.sharedURLCache().removeAllCachedResponses()

    // Cancel any object mapping in the response mapping queue
    RKObjectRequestOperation.responseMappingQueue().cancelAllOperations()

    // Ensure the existing defaultStore is shut down
    NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().removeObserver(RKManagedObjectStore.defaultStore())

    RKObjectManager.setSharedManager(nil)
    RKManagedObjectStore.setDefaultStore(nil)
}

func userMapping() -> RKEntityMapping {
    let userMapping = RKEntityMapping(forEntityForName: "User", inManagedObjectStore: objectStore)

    var userDictionary = ["id": "id", "created_at": "createdAt", "updated_at": "updatedAt", "username": "username", "email": "email", "firstname": "firstname", "lastname": "lastname", "organization": "organization"]

    userMapping.addAttributeMappingsFromDictionary(userDictionary)
    let tokenMapping = RKEntityMapping(forEntityForName: "ApiToken", inManagedObjectStore: objectStore)
    tokenMapping.addAttributeMappingsFromArray(["token", "expiration"])
    userMapping.addRelationshipMappingWithSourceKeyPath("tokens", mapping:tokenMapping)
    return userMapping
}

func userLoginResponseDescriptor() -> RKResponseDescriptor {
    let userResponseDescriptor = RKResponseDescriptor(mapping: userMapping(), method: RKRequestMethod.POST, pathPattern: "/login", keyPath: "user", statusCodes: NSIndexSet(index: 200))
    return userResponseDescriptor
}

func managedObjectModel() -> NSManagedObjectModel {
    return NSManagedObjectModel.mergedModelFromBundles(nil)
}

func optionsForSqliteStore() -> NSDictionary {
    return [
        NSInferMappingModelAutomaticallyOption: true,
        NSMigratePersistentStoresAutomaticallyOption: true
    ];
}