Core Data Transient Calculated Attributes

Question

I have an entity that contains lastName and firstName attributes. For reasons beyond the scope of this question, I want a fullName attribute that gets calculated as a concatena

Answer 1

I'm also new to this, so I'm not completely sure about my answer, but as I understand it you are correct.

- (NSString *)fullName
{
    [self willAccessValueForKey:@"fullName"];
    NSString *tmp = [self primitiveFullName];
    [self didAccessValueForKey:@"fullName"];

    if (!tmp) {
        tmp = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", [self firstName], [self lastName]];
        [self setPrimitiveFullName:tmp];
    }
    return tmp;
}

- (void)setFirstName:(NSString *)aFirstName
{
    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"firstName"];
    [self setPrimitiveFirstName:aFirstName];
    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"firstName"];

    [self setPrimitiveFullName:nil];
}

- (void)setLastName:(NSString *)aLastName
{
    [self willChangeValueForKey:@"lastName"];
    [self setPrimitiveLastName:aLastName];
    [self didChangeValueForKey:@"lastName"];

    [self setPrimitiveFullName:nil];
}

+ (NSSet *)keyPathsForValuesAffectingFullName
{
    return [NSSet setWithObjects:@"firstName", @"lastName", nil];
}