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Transform an object to a list[object] in Realm as migration ( How can i replace a list[objects] with object field in Realm? )


I want to import existing token into tokenList as first item , for example if someone has a token="abc" after migration , i want he/she has tokenList that tokenList[0]=="abc"

This is my migration code:

public class RealmMigration implements io.realm.RealmMigration {
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    if (oldVersion == 3) {
        final RealmObjectSchema bankSchema = realmSchema.get("Bank");
        final RealmObjectSchema tokenSchema = realmSchema.get("Token");
        DynamicRealmObject bank = realm.createObject("Bank",1);
        Token token = bank.get("Token");
        bankSchema.addRealmListField("tokenList", tokenSchema);
        List<Token> tokenList = bank.get("tokenList");
        if (token != null) tokenList.add(token);
        bankSchema.removeField("Token");
    }
}

I replace this in new version :

@RealmField(name = "tokenList")
private RealmList<Token> mTokenList;

With this in old version in my class :

@RealmField(name = "Token")
private Token mToken;

Solution

  • I created new issue in Realm GitHub then i found right way for transform object to list[object] in Realm and insert existing object from previous version to new version of application.

    In this example we want to transform Token object to tokenList[Token] in Bank model.

    In last version of migration put this :

    public class RealmMigration implements io.realm.RealmMigration {
    
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            if (oldVersion == 3) {
                //Create a schema for Bank
                final RealmObjectSchema bankSchema = realmSchema.get("Bank");
                //Create a schema for Token that has been in Bank model
                final RealmObjectSchema tokenSchema = realmSchema.get("Token");
                //We use bankSchema for add tokenList field and transform
                bankSchema
                    .addRealmListField("tokenList", tokenSchema)
                    .transform((obj) -> {//obj is bank model,we have a transform in bank model
                             DynamicRealmObject token = obj.get("Token");
                             List<DynamicRealmObject> tokenList = obj.get("tokenList");
                                    //We add token from pre version to tokenList in new version
                                    if (token != null) tokenList.add(token);
                                }
                        )
                        //Finally remove unwanted field
                        .removeField("Token");
            }
    }