CoreData - equivalent to using categories w / Example - Swift

Question

I am wondering how to substantially create the category equivalent for my CoreData NSManagedObject client below:

I understand that Extensions now replaces categories in Swift - however, I'm not sure about their implementation. Here is what I read below:

class Client: NSManagedObject {

    @NSManaged var name: String
    @NSManaged var projects: NSSet

}

extension Client {

    func addClientWithName(name:NSString, context:NSManagedObjectContext) -> Client {
        var client:Client = Client();

        // Check for name in the database already exists
        let request:NSFetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "Client")
        let sortDescriptor:NSSortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "name", ascending: true)
        let sortDescriptorsAry:NSArray = [sortDescriptor]
        request.sortDescriptors = sortDescriptorsAry
        request.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "name = %@", name)

        var error:NSError?
        let matches:NSArray = context.executeFetchRequest(request, error: &error)

        if matches.count == 0 {

            //Add new Client
            var newClient:NSEntityDescription = NSEntityDescription.insertNewObjectForEntityForName("Client", inManagedObjectContext: context) as NSEntityDescription
            newClient.setValue(name, forKey: "name")

            context.save(nil);

        } else {
            client = matches.lastObject as Client
        }

        return client
    }
}

However, with this implementation, this is the error that I still get:

CoreData: error: Failed to call designated initializer on NSManagedObject class "Ttc9AppName6Client"

Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Edit: This is how I call the method from another class:

@IBAction func saveBtnTapped(UIButton) {
    println("save btn tapped")
    var client:Client = Client().addClientWithName("Woofy Face", context: self.managedObjectContext)
}

Answer 1

I think your problem is not related to categories / extensions.

 var client:Client = Client();

NSManagedObject, , .

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insertNewObjectForEntityForName:inManagedObjectContext:

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var client:Client = Client().addClientWithName(...)

Client . .

, :

 class func addClientWithName(name:NSString, context:NSManagedObjectContext) -> Client {
    var client:Client

    let request:NSFetchRequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: "Client")
    let sortDescriptor:NSSortDescriptor = NSSortDescriptor(key: "name", ascending: true)
    let sortDescriptorsAry:NSArray = [sortDescriptor]
    request.sortDescriptors = sortDescriptorsAry
    request.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "name = %@", name)

    var error:NSError?
    let matches:NSArray = context.executeFetchRequest(request, error: &error)

    if matches.count == 0 {
        //Add new Client
        client = NSEntityDescription.insertNewObjectForEntityForName("Client", inManagedObjectContext: context) as Client
        client.name = name
        context.save(nil)
    } else {
        client = matches.lastObject as Client
    }
    return client
}

let client:Client = Client.addClientWithName("Woofy Face", context: self.managedObjectContext)