In my code I do a large import of thousands of objects and execute save after each object .
Do I need to turn each object into faults after saving it to save memory or will Core Data turn it automatically into faults? Unfortunately, I have not found any clue in Apple`s doc.
Thank you!
A. You can turn an object into a fault with refreshObject:mergeChanges: (NSManagedObject). This will give up strong references to related objects, so that they can be released. (If they are not holded by another reference.)
You can turn a realized object into a fault with the refreshObject:mergeChanges: method. If you pass NO as the mergeChanges argument, you must be sure that there are no changes to that object’s relationships. If there are, and you then save the context, you will introduce referential integrity problems to the persistent store. (Link)
B. You can wipe all objects out with -reset (NSManagedObjectContext) as Daniel G said. But this really wipes out the objects, references can break.
C. I think, that there is no promise of CD to turn all saved objects into faults. (Unsaved objects cannot turn into faults.) But simply overwrite -didTurnIntoFault (NSManagedObject) to see the behavior of CD.
