How can I fetch a relationship in Core Data swift

Question

This is my core data model:

I have two Entities: Folder <->> Note and I want to fetch all the notes in a folder.

Answer 1

First of all it's recommended to name the many relationship as plural (notes), that makes it easier to understand the model.

If you have a NSManagedObject subclass and a reference to a folder just get the notes by the relationship:

let notes = folder.notes

However this returns a Set. If you want an array write

let notes = folder.notes.allObjects as! [Note]

You can also use a predicate to be assigned to a fetch request on the Note entity:

let name = "Foo"
let predicate = NSPredicate(format:"folder.name == %@", name)