How can I associate an NSManagedObject to the context after it has been initialised?

Question

For example, if I have an NSManagedObject named Items, and I want to set the ManagedObjectContext later (not when initialised), how wo

Answer 1

This approach would be perfectly valid...

Items *item = [[Item alloc] initWithEntity:entity insertIntoManagedObjectContext:nil];
item.first = @"blah";
item.second = @"blah blah";

You're then free to pass this object around to where its needed and when you're ready to commit it to a managed object context, simply insert it and save.

[managedObjectContext insertObject:item];
NSError *error = nil;
[managedObjectContext save:&error];

Answer 2

The standard init method for an NSManagedObject subclass is -initWithEntity:insertIntoManagedObjectContext:. If you don't provide a context, call:

[myManagedObjectContext insertObject:item];

...which is what the init method does internally. You'll still need to save the managedObjectContext as usual.