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Swift Data

SwiftData is Apple's new Swift-native framework for application persistence introduced in iOS 17, designed to simplify Core Data's complexities with a declarative syntax and modern features. It integrates seamlessly with Swift's structured concurrency and SwiftUI, offering automatic persistence management and reduced boilerplate code. However, it is relatively new, has limited backward compatibility, and a smaller community compared to Core Data.

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Swift Data

SwiftData is Apple's new Swift-native framework for application persistence introduced in iOS 17, designed to simplify Core Data's complexities with a declarative syntax and modern features. It integrates seamlessly with Swift's structured concurrency and SwiftUI, offering automatic persistence management and reduced boilerplate code. However, it is relatively new, has limited backward compatibility, and a smaller community compared to Core Data.

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SwiftData (Introduced in iOS 17, WWDC 2023)

SwiftData is Apple's new declarative, Swift-native framework for handling persistence in applications. It simplifies the
complexities of Core Data while o@ering modern features that align better with Swift's paradigms.

Key Features:

• Swift-native: Designed with Swift conventions in mind, and integrates seamlessly with Swift Language features
like property wrappers and structured concurrency.

• Declarative syntax: Uses attributes (e.g., @Model) to declare database models. No need to manually define
managed object contexts and entity descriptions.

• Ease of use: Greatly simplified API and reduced boilerplate code compared to Core Data.

• Concurrency: Fully integrates with Swift's structured concurrency model, including async/await.

• Automatic persistence: Developers don't need to manually define fetch requests, save contexts, or handle
relationships; SwiftData manages this for you automatically.

• Integration with SwiftUI: Unified and greatly optimized for writing SwiftUI apps, allowing developers to integrate
persistence functionality e@ortlessly.

• Reduced configuration: No need to define models in an external .xcdatamodel file; everything is handled in
code.

TradeoRs:

• Newness: SwiftData is relatively new, so it may lack advanced features that Core Data provides. Additionally,
existing apps relying on Core Data would require migration to SwiftData.

• Limited backward compatibility: SwiftData is only available in iOS 17/macOS Sonoma and later. It cannot be
used in older versions of iOS/macOS.

• Smaller community: As it's new, SwiftData has a smaller user base, meaning fewer third-party tools or open-
source libraries supporting it.

Important definations:

macro Model() - Converts a Swift class into a stored model that’s managed by SwiftData

ModelContainer - An object that manages an app’s schema and model storage configuration.

ModelContext - An object that enables you to fetch, insert, and delete models, and save any
changes to disk.

macro Query() - Fetches all instances of the attached model type.

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