Plist

{
    results =     (
                {
            createdAt = "2012-07-09T07:13:24.593Z";
            
            details = "First Store";
            image =             {
                "__type" = File;
                name = "9d2d8a0d-36fb-4abe-9908-bebd7fb39056-christmas.gif";
                url = "http://files.serverapp.com/bcee5dd3-46dc-40a8-abe6-37da2732e809/1store.png";
            };
            name = MainSt;
            objectId = SVrYV4gGH;
            services =             (
                DriveIn,
                DineIn
            );
            updatedAt = "2013-01-01T02:24:18.097Z";
        }
    );
}

PreloadCode

-(void)parsePlistIntoCD{
    
    // 1: Now put the plistDictionary into CD...create get ManagedObjectContext
    NSManagedObjectContext *context = self.managedObjectContext;
    NSError *error;
    
    // 2: Create Request & set Entity for request
    NSFetchRequest *holidayRequest = [[NSFetchRequest alloc] init];
    NSEntityDescription *topicEntityDescription = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"Holiday" inManagedObjectContext:context];
    [holidayRequest setEntity:topicEntityDescription];
    
    // 3: Create new NSManagedObject
    //Holiday *holidayObjectToSeed = nil;
    NSManagedObject *newHoliday = nil;
    // 4: Execute fetch just to make sure?
    NSArray *holidayFetchedArray = [context executeFetchRequest:holidayRequest error:&error];
    if (error) NSLog(@"Error encountered in executing topic fetch request: %@", error);
    // 5: No holidays in database so we proceed to populate the database
    if ([holidayFetchedArray count] == 0) {
        //Get path to plist file
        NSString *holidaysPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"PreloadedFarsiman" ofType:@"plist"];
        //Put data into an array (with dictionaries in it)
        NSArray *holidayDataArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:holidaysPath];
        //Get number of items in that array
        int numberOfTopics = [holidayDataArray count];
        //Loop thru array items...
        for (int i = 0; i<numberOfTopics; i++) {
            //get each dict at each node
            NSDictionary *holidayDataDictionary = [holidayDataArray objectAtIndex:i];
            //Insert new object
            newHoliday = [NSEntityDescription insertNewObjectForEntityForName:@"Holiday" inManagedObjectContext:context];
            //Parse all keys in each dict object
            [newHoliday setValuesForKeysWithDictionary:holidayDataDictionary];
            //Save and or log error
            [context save:&error];
            if (error) NSLog(@"Error encountered in saving topic entity, %d, %@, Hint: check that the structure of the pList matches Core Data: %@",i, newHoliday, error);
        };
    }
    
}