gistfile1.m

//Add a message to Core Data
- (void)addMessage:(NSDictionary *)newMessageDictionary {
    NSDictionary *messageDictionary = [newMessageDictionary objectForKey:@"message"];
    
//    NSLog(@"In addMessage");
//    NSLog(@"new message dictionary:\n%@", newMessageDictionary);
            
    NSEntityDescription *entity = 
        [self.messageFetchedResultsController.fetchRequest entity];
    
    Message *message = 
        [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:[entity name]
                                  inManagedObjectContext:self.managedObjectContext];
    
    // The message id returned by the Flak server
    NSNumber *messageId = [messageDictionary objectForKey:@"id"];
    self.currentMaxMessageId = messageId;
    //[message setValue:messageId forKey:@"messageId"];
    message.messageId = messageId;
    
    // The user id returned by the Flak server
    [message setValue:[messageDictionary objectForKey:@"user_id"] forKey:@"userId"];
    
    // The kind of message
    [message setValue:[messageDictionary objectForKey:@"kind"] forKey:@"kind"];
    
    // The body of the message, if it's not a string then set and empty string
    NSString *body = [messageDictionary objectForKey:@"body"];
    
    if (![body isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
        body = @"";
    }
    
    [message setValue:body forKey:@"body"];
    
    // The first name returned by the Flak server
    [message setValue:[messageDictionary objectForKey:@"user_first_name"] forKey:@"firstName"];
    
    // The last name returned by the Flak server
    [message setValue:[messageDictionary objectForKey:@"user_last_name"] forKey:@"lastName"];
    

    

    
    [message setValue:[self createLocalDate: messageDictionary forKey:@"created_at"] forKey:@"createdAt"];
    
//Testing the dateFormatter
    
//    NSString *dateString = [messageDictionary objectForKey:@"created_at"];
    
//    NSLog(@"date from formatter:\n%@\n%@", dateString, [self.dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString]);
    
    
    // The last updated date returned by the Flak server
//    sourceDate = [self.dateFormatter dateFromString:[messageDictionary objectForKey:@"updated_at"]];
//    
//    sourceTimeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"GMT"];
//    destinationTimeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
//    
//    sourceGMTOffset = [sourceTimeZone secondsFromGMTForDate:sourceDate];
//    destinationGMTOffset = [destinationTimeZone secondsFromGMTForDate:sourceDate];
//    interval = destinationGMTOffset - sourceGMTOffset;
//    
//    destinationDate = [[[NSDate alloc] initWithTimeInterval:interval sinceDate:sourceDate] autorelease];
    
    [message setValue:[self createLocalDate: messageDictionary forKey:@"updated_at"] forKey:@"updatedAt"];
    
//    [message setValue:[self.dateFormatter dateFromString:
//                       [messageDictionary objectForKey:@"updated_at"]] forKey:@"updatedAt"];
    
//    NSLog(@"new message object:\n%@", message);
    
    NSError *error = nil;
    if (![self.managedObjectContext save:&error]) {
        NSLog(@"There was an error saving a new message: %@", error);
    }
    
}