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Asked: 2026-05-26T04:03:16+00:00

When I use an NSArrayController with instances of NSManagedObject , I was under the

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When I use an NSArrayController with instances of NSManagedObject, I was under the impression that the following would give me its selected object:

[myArrayController selection]

However, this gives me an instance of some private NS Proxy class.

When I use:

[[myArrayController selectedObjects] objectAt: 0]

…all is fine and I have my instance of NSManagedObject.

I understand the necessity for these methods as you can probably have lists which allow for multiple selection. I do not understand why selection does not give me the instance of NSManagedObject.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It states in the documentation for NSObjectController (which NSArrayController inherits from) that this method returns a proxy object.

    You will be able to use any KVC methods on the proxy object, but if you want any class – specific functionality you will have to use the second method in your sample above. As you’ve stated, this is to return a valid object in cases of no or multiple selection.

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