iOS JSONModel check for class

Question

I need to check during parsing data from json file if there will be NSArray or NSDictionary model because bug on server side. If there is Array I need to ignore this model.

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSDictionary <Optional,RCTruckInningsModel> *innings;

+(BOOL)propertyIsOptional:(NSString*)propertyName
{
return YES;
}

I use jsnomodel.com

This is not working

Thanks

Answer 1

You are correctly defining "innings" as Optional, but this is not how Optional works. Properties defined as Optional can be either their specified type or nil.

You have a very non-standard situation on your hands and it will require a special solution. Off top of my head you can do the following:

1) define an ignored property (i.e. JSONModel does not process it when importing JSON)

@property (strong, nonatomic) NSDictionary<Ignore>* innings;

2) then import the property value yourself by overriding initWithDictionary (in case you use initWithDictionary):

-(id)initWithDictionary:(NSDictionary*)dict error:(NSError**)err
{
  self = [super initWithDictionary:dict error:err];
  if (self) {
    if ([dict[@"innings"] isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
      NSDictionary* d = dict[@"innings"];
      NSMutableDictionary* md = [@{} mutableCopy];
      for (NSString* key in d.allKeys) {
        RCTruckInningsModel* model = [[RCTruckInningsModel alloc] initWithDictionary: d[key]];
        if (model) {
          md[key] = model;
        }        
      }
      self.innings = [md copy];
    }
  }
  return self;
}

I didn't actually try the code in Xcode, but that's what I think the general solution should be - you'll need to try it yourself and finish it up for your own JSON structure, etc. But it should push you in the right direction

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