Template hooks, or option to insert "base class" before or after generated classes.

[steveluscher]

I recently had the desire to add a +findOrCreate type method to MyManagedObject "base class". In there, however, I wanted to make use of [self entityName]. Since +entityName isn't declared until later, this threw a compiler warning, of course.

For now, I can just do [(id)self performSelector:@selector(entityName)], but it got me thinking that it would be nice to either have template hooks in motemplates, so that I can use the built-in templates but #include custom code in each section, or to be able to specify whether my "base class" is the superclass of, or a subclass of the machine-generated _Model files.

What do you think about that?

[steveluscher]

Aaaaaaand… I just found this.

--base-class-import TEXT        Imports base class as #import TEXT

I trust that will accomplish what I hope it will?

[rentzsch]

I would just put

@interface NSManagedObject (entityName)
+ (NSString*)entityName;
@end

at the start of MyManagedObject.m to silence the compiler warning.

I think you're asking for template inherence, which MiscMerge doesn't offer, so mogenerator can't offer.

I don't think --base-class-import is the droid you're looking for. See #135 for the back-story and its intended use.