Question

I am wondering what the correct way is to create my own initializer of a class that is subclassing NSManagedObject.

Currently I am initializing like this:

-(id)initWithXML:(TBXMLElement *)videoXML
{
    // Setup the environment for dealing with Core Data and managed objects
    HenryHubAppDelegate *appDelegate = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    NSManagedObjectContext *context = [appDelegate managedObjectContext];
    NSEntityDescription *entityHubPieceVideo = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"HubPieceVideo" 
                                                           inManagedObjectContext:context];

    self = [[HubPieceVideo alloc] initWithEntity:entityHubPieceVideo insertIntoManagedObjectContext:context];
    // do stuff and then save

    NSError *error;
    if(![context save:&error]) 
    {
        NSLog(@"HubPiece video save context error: %@ %@", error, [error userInfo]); 
    }
}

Seems like some others also do it this way.

Answer 1

Just found that the NSManagedObject reference says:

If you instantiate a managed object
directly, you must call the designated
initializer
(initWithEntity:insertIntoManagedObjectContext:).