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JSONModel Bad property protocol declaration?


i have a problem in reading JSON by JSONModel library

{"images":[{"id":1,"name":"name1","img":"3423","note":"note1"},{"id":2,"name":"name2","img":"rew","note":"note2"},{"id":3,"name":"name3","img":"dsfs","note":"note3"},{"id":4,"name":"name4","img":"cxvxc","note":"note4"},{"id":5,"name":"name5","img":"erwe","note":"note5"}]}

the class model is

#import "JSONModel.h"

@protocol ImagesModel @end

@interface ImagesModel : JSONModel
@property int id;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString* name;
@property (strong, nonatomic) UIImage* img;
@property (strong, nonatomic) NSString* note;
@end

and i got this error

   Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'Bad property protocol declaration', reason: '<ImagesModel> is not allowed JSONModel property protocol, and not a JSONModel class.'

Any help please?


Solution

  • I can see two problems with the code you pasted in.

    Your model is good, but it is a model for one item - ie. it's the model you are going to use to load a single image - not all the images at once. Therefore you need a model to describe that you have a collection of images, and another model (the one you have) to describe each of the image objects.

    The second problem is that one of your properties is a UIImage object, but you're passing string in your JSON feed.

    Therefore to have your example working you need:

    #import "JSONModel.h"
    
    //define the single image object protocol
    @protocol ImageModel @end
    
    //define the single image model
    @interface ImageModel : JSONModel
    @property int id;
    @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString* name;
    @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString* img;
    @property (strong, nonatomic) NSString* note;
    @end
    
    @implementation ImageModel
    @end
    
    //define the top-level model for the collection of images
    @interface Images : JSONModel
    @property (strong, nonatomic) NSArray<ImageModel>* images;
    @end
    

    And then read your JSON string and create an Images model:

    NSError* err = nil;
    Images* imagesCollection = [[Images alloc] initWithString:JSONstring error:&err];
    

    Then each of the elements in imagesCollection.images will be an ImageModel instance.

    Voila!