If I create a transient property in the model, isn't this managed by core data then?

Question

Just to grok this: If I had a transient property, lets say averagePrice, and I mark that as "transient" in the data modeler: This will not be persistet, and no column will be created in SQLite for that?

And: If I make my own NSManagedObject subclass with an averagePrice property, does it make any sense to model that property in the xcdatamodel file? Would it make a difference if I would simply create a property in my subclass and not model that in the entity?

(I think: yes, it doesn't matter at all ... but not sure)

Answer 1

Transient properties are handled by the undomanager for example. In addition changing transient properties makes the document "dirty" if you work in a document based application.

Creating the property only in your subclass does not affect the whole core data stack at all. It depends on your needs which solution to choose

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