核心数据：试图找到一个实体属性的最短日期

Question

我想在核心数据中的特定属性中找到最早的日期。我发现an example in the Core Data Programming Guide这意味着做到了这一点，但是当我运行它时，仍然收到无法识别的选定错误。

我的代码（从苹果实例只有很少的改动）：

NSFetchRequest *request = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init]; 
NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"Session" inManagedObjectContext: ctx]; 
[request setEntity:entity]; 

// Specify that the request should return dictionaries. 
[request setResultType:NSDictionaryResultType]; 

// Create an expression for the key path. 
NSExpression *keyPathExpression = [NSExpression expressionForKeyPath:@"startedAt"]; 

// Create an expression to represent the minimum value at the key path 'creationDate' 
NSExpression *minExpression = [NSExpression expressionForFunction:@"min:" arguments:[NSArray arrayWithObject:keyPathExpression]]; 

// Create an expression description using the minExpression and returning a date. 
NSExpressionDescription *expressionDescription = [[NSExpressionDescription alloc] init]; 

// The name is the key that will be used in the dictionary for the return value. 
[expressionDescription setName:@"minDate"]; 
[expressionDescription setExpression:minExpression]; 
[expressionDescription setExpressionResultType:NSDateAttributeType]; 

// Set the request's properties to fetch just the property represented by the expressions. 
[request setPropertiesToFetch:[NSArray arrayWithObject:expressionDescription]]; 

// Execute the fetch. 
NSError *error; 
NSArray *objects = [ctx executeFetchRequest:request error:&error]; 

和错误：

-[NSCalendarDate count]: unrecognized selector sent to instance ... 

这是奇怪的，因1）NSCalendarDate已被弃用，2）我”我绝对不会打电话给伯爵。

任何帮助将不胜感激！

Answer 1

为什么不只是添加一个排序描述符按startedDate升序排序，然后只有获取请求返回1个对象？

Answer 2

这是我的代码，它的工作。我看不出你自己的代码有什么重大差别，也许它在核心数据模型的定义中。确保你的日期是NSDate并且它被编入索引。

- (NSDate *)lastSync:(PHAssetMediaType)mediaType { 
    NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:kMediaItemEntity inManagedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext]; 

    NSFetchRequest *fetchRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init]; 
    fetchRequest.entity = entity; 
    fetchRequest.resultType = NSDictionaryResultType; 

    NSMutableArray *predicates = [NSMutableArray array]; 
    [predicates addObject:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%K=%d", kMediaType,mediaType]]; 
    [predicates addObject:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"%K=%d", kMediaProviderType,self.mediaProviderType]]; 
    NSPredicate *predicate = [NSCompoundPredicate andPredicateWithSubpredicates: predicates]; 
    fetchRequest.predicate = predicate; 

    // Create an expression for the key path. 

    NSExpression *keyPathExpression = [NSExpression expressionForKeyPath:kSyncTime]; 
    // Create an expression to represent the function you want to apply 

    NSExpression *maxExpression = [NSExpression expressionForFunction:@"max:" 
                  arguments:@[keyPathExpression]]; 

    // Create an expression description using the maxExpression and returning a date. 
    NSExpressionDescription *expressionDescription = [[NSExpressionDescription alloc] init]; 
    [expressionDescription setName:@"maxDate"]; 
    [expressionDescription setExpression:maxExpression]; 
    [expressionDescription setExpressionResultType:NSDateAttributeType]; 

    // Set the request's properties to fetch just the property represented by the expressions. 
    fetchRequest.propertiesToFetch = @[expressionDescription] ; // @[kSyncTime]; 

    NSError *fetchError = nil; 
    id requestedValue = nil; 

    // fetch stored media 
    NSArray *results = [self.managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:fetchRequest error:&fetchError]; 
    if (fetchError || results == nil || results.count == 0) { 
     return [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:0]; 
    } 
    requestedValue = [[results objectAtIndex:0] valueForKey:@"maxDate"]; 
    if (![requestedValue isKindOfClass:[NSDate class]]) { 
     return [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:0]; 
    } 
    DDLogDebug(@"sync date %@",requestedValue); 
    return (NSDate *)requestedValue; 
}