I have a score property on my Core Data Entity Student. So, when adding a newStudent object, its related one-to-one score property must have a value, different from nil, to be saved.

User can change that score value later on another views, but for object creation itself I do need a default value. And I can't find a working way to set a default one.

My Student class:

extension Student {

    @nonobjc public class func fetchRequest() -> NSFetchRequest<Student> {
        return NSFetchRequest<Student>(entityName: "Student")
    }
    //Another properties...
    @NSManaged public var evaluation: Score?
}

My Score class:

extension Score {

    @nonobjc public class func fetchRequest() -> NSFetchRequest<Score> {
        return NSFetchRequest<Score>(entityName: "Score")
    }
    //Another properties...
    @NSManaged public var depiction: String?
    @NSManaged public var student: Student?
}

I suposse I have to create any type of singleton, and static var not to be created-and-saved each time I add a student, but just to pass it to the ViewContext to be saved as a part of newStudent saving. I hope I have explained myself...

I'm trying to add something like this to my Students+CoreDataMethods:

extension Score {
    static var defaultScore: Score {
        self.defaultScore.depiction = "None"
    }
    ...
}

But it throws errors like "Function call causes an infinite recursion", and "Missing return in getter expected to return 'Score'"".

I don't find a correct approach to deal with it. Any ideas? Thanks!

When you create a Core Data entity in the model editor, you can indicate a default value for each property.

For example:

This will cause the depiction property to have a default value of "None" whenever a new Score is created.

Thanks.

Yes: it gives the value "None" for "score" property when a new "Score" is created.

But what I need is giving this "None" value to Students's "score" property, when a "Student" is created, to this property:

student.score.depiction