Question

I’ll try and keep this simple.

.h

NSMutableArray *allEventsData;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *allEventsData;

.m


-(void) test {  
        DAL *db = [[DAL alloc] init]

        self.allEventsData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:[db readUniversityEvents]];

        //to test

        for(int i = 0; i < [allEventsData count]; i++) {
           UniversityEvents *obj = (UniversityEvents*)[self.allEventsData objectAtIndex:i];
           NSLog(@"%@", obj.eventId);

        }
}

Now that works just fine, however the second this void method is left, I can never access it again, the count property shows that there are still the same amount of records, however if I try the for loop, it will just break out and I’ll get Program received signal: “EXC_BAD_ACCESS”

I’m being a little vague, but I’m hoping for some suggestions as to why this happens.

Thanks

PS Had to type than manually, so please ignore possible spelling errors.

Edit: Just to clarify, I’m storing an array of objects within a new array, could it be that allEventsData is simply pointing to those objects and not retaining a copy? That would explain the bad access exception

EDIT 2:

FYI due to my suspicions above, I also tried the following, however I get SIGABRT exception, currently looking into a solution

self.allEventsData = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:[db readUniversityEvent] copyItems:YES];

Log:

-[UniversityEvents copyWithZone:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xdd17f50
2012-01-16 12:13:17.789 sqliteDemo[1211:207] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[UniversityEvents copyWithZone:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0xdd17f50'
*** Call stack at first throw:
(
    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00f905a9 __exceptionPreprocess + 185
    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x010e4313 objc_exception_throw + 44
    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00f920bb -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 187
    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00f01966 ___forwarding___ + 966
    4   CoreFoundation                      0x00f01522 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 50
    5   CoreFoundation                      0x00ef0dca -[NSObject(NSObject) copy] + 42
    6   CoreFoundation                      0x00f8bff2 -[NSArray initWithArray:range:copyItems:] + 290
    7   CoreFoundation                      0x00ef3e33 -[NSArray initWithArray:copyItems:] + 99
    8   sqliteDemo                          0x000030f4 -[sqliteDemoViewController displayData] + 242
    9   sqliteDemo                          0x00002e30 -[sqliteDemoViewController updateData] + 427
    10  UIKit                               0x003e64fd -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 119
    11  UIKit                               0x005f8cc3 -[UIBarButtonItem(UIInternal) _sendAction:withEvent:] + 156
    12  UIKit                               0x003e64fd -[UIApplication sendAction:to:from:forEvent:] + 119
    13  UIKit                               0x00476799 -[UIControl sendAction:to:forEvent:] + 67

UniversityEvents (this is the object which is being stored within the class)
.h

@interface UniversityEvents : NSObject {

}


@property (assign) NSString * eventID;
@property (retain) NSString * title;
@property (retain) NSString * url;
@property (retain) NSString * category;
@property (retain) NSString * date;
@property (retain) NSString * startTime;
@property (retain) NSString * endTime;
@property (retain) NSString * department;
@property (retain) NSString * location;
@property (retain) NSString * description;
//@property (assign) NSInteger * attending;

-(id) initWithData :(NSString *) _eventID :(NSString *) _title :(NSString *)_url :(NSString *)_category :(NSString *)_date
                   :(NSString *)_startTime :(NSString *) _endTime :(NSString *)_department :(NSString *)_location
                   :(NSString *) _description;

@end

.m
@synthesize eventID , title,url,category,date,startTime,endTime,department,location,description;

-(id) initWithData :(NSString *) _eventID :(NSString *) _title :(NSString *)_url :(NSString *)_category :(NSString *)_date
                   :(NSString *)_startTime :(NSString *) _endTime :(NSString *)_department :(NSString *)_location
                   :(NSString *) _description 
{

    self = [super init];
    if(self)
    {
        self.eventID = _eventID;
        self.title = _title;
        self.url = _url;
        self.category = _category;
        self.date = _date;
        self.startTime = _startTime;
        self.endTime = _endTime;
        self.department = _department;
        self.location = _location;
        self.description = _description;
        //self.attending = _attending;
    }

    return self;
}

@end

Answer 1

Change

@property (assign) NSString * eventID;

to

@property (retain) NSString * eventID;