Sqlite2Coredata

Tool to migrate Standard Sqlite Database to Core Data

Sqlite2CoreData is a command line tool to migrate the Sqlite database to to Core Data compatible database. It generates the Datamodel file and Core Data Sqlite file which can be imported to Mac/iOS projects and used with Core Data. Main purpose of the tool is to ease the migration process. It generates Datamodel by creating entities based on the table schema. Foreign Key information is used to generate the relationship information.

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What it is?

• Command line Tool
• Xcdatamodeld Generator
• Data Migrator to Core Data compatible Sqlite

What it is not?

• ~~Core Data Version Updater~~
• ~~Core Data Replacement~~
• ~~Wrapper for Core Data~~

Usage

Command Line

1. Download the distribution.zip folder and extract
2. From terminal browse to the extracted folder
3. Run ./sqlite2coredata "path_to_database_file"

XCode

1. Clone the repository
2. Open Sqlite2CoreData.xcodeproj file
3. Select Edit Schema and select Arguments tab
4. Specify the path to the database

Output Files are saved to a folder named Output in the same directory containing the input database

Requirements

• Mac OSX 10.7+
• Xcode 4+
• Xcode Command Line Tools

Next Steps

Next up for Sqlite2CoreData are the following:

• Migrating many to many relationships
• Migrating up the referential constraints
• Optimizing setting up relationships

Credits

• FMDB is being used for Sqlite Interactions.
• Infections is used to generate Relationship names based on foreign key info

Creators

• Tapasya
• Aditya

License

Sqlite2CoreData is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.