iOS 5 の親、子の管理対象オブジェクト コンテキストを使用する:
管理対象オブジェクトのコンテキストを次の順序で配置しています。
persistent store coordinator --->
Private Queue Managed Object Context ( for saving to disk in background) ----->
Main Queue Managed Object Context (for UI) ----->
Misc. Private Managed Object Contexts (for temporary jobs like UIImagePNGRepresentation() for example)
モデルは次のようになります。
Image Entity -> title : string , image : relationship(ImageBlob) optional
ImageBlob Entity -> image : Binary Data, imageEntity : relationship(Image)
逆関係が設定されます。
ユーザーが画像の選択を完了すると、次のようになります。
- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
{
// get the main queue managed object context
NSManagedObjectContext* mainQueueManagedObjectContext = self.managedObjectContext;
// get the image
UIImage* image = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
// create an object, using the managed object context for the main queue
NSManagedObject *newImage = [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:@"Image" inManagedObjectContext:mainQueueManagedObjectContext];
// edit not expensive properties
[newImage setValue:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"new title %i", [self tableView:self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:0]] forKey:@"title"];
// lets save the main context to get a permanant objectID
[self saveContextForManagedObjectContext:mainQueueManagedObjectContext];
// get the permenant objectID, Thread Safe..
NSManagedObjectID* imageObjectID = newImage.objectID;
// create a private queue concurrent managed object context
NSManagedObjectContext* privateQueueManagedObjectContext = [[NSManagedObjectContext alloc] initWithConcurrencyType:NSPrivateQueueConcurrencyType];
// set the main queue as the parent
[privateQueueManagedObjectContext setParentContext:mainQueueManagedObjectContext];
// we have to use blocks here, as this managed object context will work in a private queue
[privateQueueManagedObjectContext performBlock:
^{
// get the png representation in background
NSData* data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image);
// get the managed object using the thread safe objectID
NSManagedObject* imageObjectInPrivateQueue = [privateQueueManagedObjectContext objectWithID:imageObjectID];
// insert a new object for the ImageBlob entity
NSManagedObject *imageBlobInPrivateQueue = [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:@"ImageBlob" inManagedObjectContext:privateQueueManagedObjectContext];
// set our image data
[imageBlobInPrivateQueue setValue:data forKey:@"image"];
// set the relationship to the original record
[imageObjectInPrivateQueue setValue:imageBlobInPrivateQueue forKey:@"image"];
// save changes to private queue context to main queue context
[self saveContextForManagedObjectContext:privateQueueManagedObjectContext];
// since we are not in the main queue, we have to ask the main managed object context using performBlock
[mainQueueManagedObjectContext performBlock:
^{
// what time is it before launching save in main queue
NSDate* startDate = [NSDate date];
// launch save on main queue
[self saveContextForManagedObjectContext:mainQueueManagedObjectContext];
// what time is it after finishing save in main queue
NSDate* finishDate = [NSDate date];
// see how long UI blocked
NSLog(@"blocked UI for %f seconds", [finishDate timeIntervalSinceDate:startDate]);
}];
}];
if ([[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
[self.popOverController dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];
}
else
{
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
}
そして、これは保存がどのように行われるかです:
-(void)saveContextForManagedObjectContext:(NSManagedObjectContext*)managedObjectContext
{
// Save the context.
NSError *error = nil;
if (![managedObjectContext save:&error]) {
// Replace this implementation with code to handle the error appropriately.
// abort() causes the application to generate a crash log and terminate. You should not use this function in a shipping application, although it may be useful during development.
NSLog(@"Unresolved error %@, %@", error, [error userInfo]);
abort();
}
}
これにより、UI のブロックが大幅に減少します。iPhone 4 では、5 メガピクセルの画像を選択すると、UI がブロックされるのはわずか 0.015 秒です。
一方、画像をロードすると、かなりの時間 UI もブロックされるため、バックグラウンドでロードすることもできます。