Question

I have Core Data working in my app. So, I fetch an XML file, parse the data into model objects and insert them into core data. They are saved in the persistent store and I can access them when I relaunch the app. However, I want to be able to refresh the data in the persistent store at will, so I need to first remove existing objects from the store. Is there a straight-forward method for this?

Thanks

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I found this solution:

[managedObjectContext lock];
[managedObjectContext reset];//to drop pending changes
if ([persistentStoreCoordinator removePersistentStore:persistentStore error:&error])
{
NSURL* storeURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[self pathForPersistentStore]];
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeFileAtPath:[storeURL path] handler:nil];
[self addPersistentStore];//recreates the persistent store
}
[managedObjectContext unlock];

Answer 1

Here’s what I have done to clean my Core Data entirely. It works perfectly. This is if you only have one persistent store which is probably the case if you didn’t add one more manually. If your managedObjectContext has the same name as here you can simply copy/past it will work.

NSError * error;
// retrieve the store URL
NSURL * storeURL = [[managedObjectContext persistentStoreCoordinator] URLForPersistentStore:[[[managedObjectContext persistentStoreCoordinator] persistentStores] lastObject]];
// lock the current context
[managedObjectContext lock];
[managedObjectContext reset];//to drop pending changes
//delete the store from the current managedObjectContext
if ([[managedObjectContext persistentStoreCoordinator] removePersistentStore:[[[managedObjectContext persistentStoreCoordinator] persistentStores] lastObject] error:&error])
{
    // remove the file containing the data
    [[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtURL:storeURL error:&error];
    //recreate the store like in the  appDelegate method
    [[managedObjectContext persistentStoreCoordinator] addPersistentStoreWithType:NSSQLiteStoreType configuration:nil URL:storeURL options:nil error:&error];//recreates the persistent store
}
[managedObjectContext unlock];
//that's it !