I have a core data data model with two entities, Document and Field:
Document:
Field:
I am trying to set up an NSPredicateEditor to allow someone to filter documents based on the content of certain fields. I manually build the predicate editor like so:
func updatePredicateEditor() {
print("updatePredicateEditor")
let sortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "orderIndex", ascending: true)
fieldsArrayController.sortDescriptors = [sortDescriptor]
let fields = fieldsArrayController.arrangedObjects as! [Field]
var keyPathsStringArray = [NSExpression]()
var stringFieldNames = [String]()
var keyPathsDateArray = [NSExpression]()
var dateFieldNames = [String]()
var keyPathsNumberArray = [NSExpression]()
var numberFieldNames = [String]()
for i in 0..<fields.count {
let currentField = fields[i]
switch currentField.type! {
case "Text":
keyPathsStringArray.append(NSExpression(forKeyPath: "fieldText"))
stringFieldNames.append(currentField.name!)
case "Date":
keyPathsDateArray.append(NSExpression(forKeyPath: "fieldDate"))
dateFieldNames.append(currentField.name!)
case "Number":
keyPathsNumberArray.append(NSExpression(forKeyPath: "fieldNumber"))
numberFieldNames.append(currentField.name!)
default:
print("error on field type")
}
}
let stringOperators = [NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.ContainsPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.EqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.NotEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.BeginsWithPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.EndsWithPredicateOperatorType.rawValue)]
let numberOperators = [NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.EqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.NotEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.LessThanPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.LessThanOrEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.GreaterThanPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.GreaterThanOrEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue)]
let dateOperators = [NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.EqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.NotEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.LessThanPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.LessThanOrEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.GreaterThanPredicateOperatorType.rawValue),
NSNumber(unsignedInteger: NSPredicateOperatorType.GreaterThanOrEqualToPredicateOperatorType.rawValue)]
var rowTemplatesTemp = [NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate]() // this is a temp array to hold the different popupbuttons
// add a template for Strings
let leftExpressionStringButton : NSPopUpButton
if keyPathsStringArray.count == 0 {
print("There aren't any text fields in NSPredicateEditor")
}
else {
let stringTemplate = NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate(leftExpressions: keyPathsStringArray,
rightExpressionAttributeType: NSAttributeType.StringAttributeType,
modifier: NSComparisonPredicateModifier.DirectPredicateModifier,
operators: stringOperators,
options: (Int(NSComparisonPredicateOptions.CaseInsensitivePredicateOption.rawValue) |
Int(NSComparisonPredicateOptions.DiacriticInsensitivePredicateOption.rawValue)))
leftExpressionStringButton = stringTemplate.templateViews[0] as! NSPopUpButton
let stringButtonArray = leftExpressionStringButton.itemTitles
for i in 0..<stringButtonArray.count {
(leftExpressionStringButton.itemAtIndex(i)! as NSMenuItem).title = stringFieldNames[i] // set button menu names
}
rowTemplatesTemp.append(stringTemplate)
}
// add another template for Numbers...
let leftExpressionNumberButton : NSPopUpButton
if keyPathsNumberArray.count == 0 {
print("There aren't any number fields in NSPredicateEditor")
}
else {
let numberTemplate = NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate(leftExpressions: keyPathsNumberArray,
rightExpressionAttributeType: NSAttributeType.Integer32AttributeType,
modifier: NSComparisonPredicateModifier.DirectPredicateModifier,
operators: numberOperators,
options: 0)
leftExpressionNumberButton = numberTemplate.templateViews[0] as! NSPopUpButton
let numberButtonArray = leftExpressionNumberButton.itemTitles
for i in 0..<numberButtonArray.count {
(leftExpressionNumberButton.itemAtIndex(i)! as NSMenuItem).title = numberFieldNames[i] // set button menu names
}
rowTemplatesTemp.append(numberTemplate)
}
// add another template for Dates...
let leftExpressionDateButton : NSPopUpButton
if keyPathsDateArray.count == 0 {
print("There aren't any date fields in NSPredicateEditor")
}
else {
let dateTemplate = NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate(leftExpressions: keyPathsDateArray,
rightExpressionAttributeType: NSAttributeType.DateAttributeType,
modifier: NSComparisonPredicateModifier.DirectPredicateModifier,
operators: dateOperators,
options: 0)
leftExpressionDateButton = dateTemplate.templateViews[0] as! NSPopUpButton
let dateButtonArray = leftExpressionDateButton.itemTitles
for i in 0..<dateButtonArray.count {
(leftExpressionDateButton.itemAtIndex(i)! as NSMenuItem).title = dateFieldNames[i] // set button menu names
}
rowTemplatesTemp.append(dateTemplate)
}
// create the any, all or none thing...
let compoundTypes = [NSNumber.init(unsignedInteger: NSCompoundPredicateType.OrPredicateType.rawValue),
NSNumber.init(unsignedInteger: NSCompoundPredicateType.AndPredicateType.rawValue),
NSNumber.init(unsignedInteger: NSCompoundPredicateType.NotPredicateType.rawValue)]
// add the compoundtypes
let compoundTemplate = NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate(compoundTypes: compoundTypes)
rowTemplatesTemp.append(compoundTemplate)
print("setting row templates \(rowTemplatesTemp)")
predicateEditor.rowTemplates = rowTemplatesTemp
predicateEditor.addRow(self)
}
The problem is that NSPredicateEditor does not allow NSExpressions with NSSubqueryExpressionType, so I can't have a subquery as my left expression. I need the NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate to include both the field name as well as the attribute path (fieldText, fieldDate or fieldNumber), so that the final predicate from one row would look like:
name == FIELDNAME && fieldText CONTAINS "<entered text>"
Any suggestions for how to do this? Should I be subclassing NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate, and if so how? Thanks in advance for any help.
Subclass NSPredicateEditorRowTemplate
and override predicateWithSubpredicates
to convert predicate "FIELDNAME CONTAINS <entered text>"
to predicate "name == FIELDNAME && fieldText CONTAINS <entered text>"
.