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lazy var NSFetchedResultsController producing error in Swift 3.0

I just migrated my project to Swift 3 and am stuck on an error for my lazy instantiated NSFetchResultController. I use this method here :

https://www.andrewcbancroft.com/2015/03/05/displaying-data-with-nsfetchedresultscontroller-and-swift/

My current code

lazy var fetchedResultsController: NSFetchedResultsController = {

    let primarySortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "company", ascending: true)
    let sortDescriptors = [primarySortDescriptor]

    self.fetchRequest.sortDescriptors = sortDescriptors

    let frc = NSFetchedResultsController(
        fetchRequest: self.fetchRequest,
        managedObjectContext: self.managedObjectContext!,
        sectionNameKeyPath: nil,
        cacheName: nil)

    frc.delegate = self

    return frc
}()

It produces 2 errors as shown below

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Is this method no longer possible under Swift 3? I tried adding () -> <<error type>> in as suggested by Xcode but failed to produce the correct results.

Solution

  • The suggested () -> <<error type>> is misleading.

    In Swift 3 NSFetchedResultsController has become a generic type. You have to initialize it:

    lazy var fetchedResultsController: NSFetchedResultsController<NSFetchRequestResult> = {
...
}()

    as well as NSFetchRequest

    let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult>(entityName: "MyEntity")

    If you are using a subclass of NSManagedObject – which is recommended – you can use the subclass type for being more specific

    lazy var fetchedResultsController: NSFetchedResultsController<MyEntity> = {
....
let fetchRequest = NSFetchRequest<MyEntity>(entityName: "MyEntity")

    The huge benefit is you get rid of all type casts using fetch, insert etc.