List

public final class List<Element> : RLMSwiftCollectionBase, RealmCollectionImpl where Element : RealmCollectionValue
extension List: ObservableObject, RealmSubscribable
extension List: MutableCollection
extension List: Decodable where Element: Decodable
extension List: Encodable where Element: Encodable

List is the container type in Realm used to define to-many relationships.

Like Swift’s Array, List is a generic type that is parameterized on the type it stores. This can be either an Object subclass or one of the following types: Bool, Int, Int8, Int16, Int32, Int64, Float, Double, String, Data, Date, Decimal128, and ObjectId (and their optional versions)

Unlike Swift’s native collections, Lists are reference types, and are only immutable if the Realm that manages them is opened as read-only.

Lists can be filtered and sorted with the same predicates as Results<Element>.

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Initializers

  • Creates a List that holds Realm model objects of type Element.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public override init()
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Object Retrieval

  • Returns the object at the given index (get), or replaces the object at the given index (set).

    Warning

    You can only set an object during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public subscript(position: Int) -> Element { get set }

    Parameters

    index

    The index of the object to retrieve or replace.
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KVC

  • Returns an Array containing the results of invoking valueForKey(_:) using key on each of the collection’s objects.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @nonobjc
public func value(forKey key: String) -> [AnyObject]
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  • Returns an Array containing the results of invoking valueForKeyPath(_:) using keyPath on each of the collection’s objects.

    Declaration

    Swift

    @nonobjc
public func value(forKeyPath keyPath: String) -> [AnyObject]

    Parameters

    keyPath

    The key path to the property whose values are desired.
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Mutation

  • Appends the given object to the end of the list.

    If the object is managed by a different Realm than the receiver, a copy is made and added to the Realm managing the receiver.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func append(_ object: Element)

    Parameters

    object

    An object.
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  • Appends the objects in the given sequence to the end of the list.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func append<S>(objectsIn objects: S) where Element == S.Element, S : Sequence
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  • Inserts an object at the given index.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Warning

    This method will throw an exception if called with an invalid index.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func insert(_ object: Element, at index: Int)

    Parameters

    object

    An object.
    index

    The index at which to insert the object.
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  • Removes an object at the given index. The object is not removed from the Realm that manages it.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Warning

    This method will throw an exception if called with an invalid index.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func remove(at index: Int)

    Parameters

    index

    The index at which to remove the object.
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  • Removes all objects from the list. The objects are not removed from the Realm that manages them.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func removeAll()
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  • Replaces an object at the given index with a new object.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Warning

    This method will throw an exception if called with an invalid index.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func replace(index: Int, object: Element)

    Parameters

    index

    The index of the object to be replaced.
    object

    An object.
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  • Moves the object at the given source index to the given destination index.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Warning

    This method will throw an exception if called with invalid indices.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func move(from: Int, to: Int)

    Parameters

    from

    The index of the object to be moved.
    to

    index to which the object at from should be moved.
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  • Exchanges the objects in the list at given indices.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Warning

    This method will throw an exception if called with invalid indices.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func swapAt(_ index1: Int, _ index2: Int)

    Parameters

    index1

    The index of the object which should replace the object at index index2.
    index2

    The index of the object which should replace the object at index index1.
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  • Returns a human-readable description of the objects contained in the List.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public override var description: String { get }
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List

  • A publisher that emits Void each time the collection changes.

    Despite the name, this actually emits after the collection has changed.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var objectWillChange: RealmPublishers.WillChange<List> { get }
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  • Replace the given subRange of elements with newElements.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func replaceSubrange<C: Collection, R>(_ subrange: R, with newElements: C)
    where C.Iterator.Element == Element, R: RangeExpression, List<Element>.Index == R.Bound

    Parameters

    subrange

    The range of elements to be replaced.
    newElements

    The new elements to be inserted into the List.
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MutableCollection conformance, range replaceable collection emulation

  • Declaration

    Swift

    public typealias SubSequence = Slice<List>
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  • Returns the objects at the given range (get), or replaces the objects at the given range with new objects (set).

    Warning

    Objects may only be set during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public subscript(bounds: Range<Int>) -> SubSequence { get set }

    Parameters

    index

    The index of the object to retrieve or replace.
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  • Removes the specified number of objects from the beginning of the list. The objects are not removed from the Realm that manages them.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func removeFirst(_ number: Int = 1)
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  • Removes the specified number of objects from the end of the list. The objects are not removed from the Realm that manages them.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func removeLast(_ number: Int = 1)
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  • Inserts the items in the given collection into the list at the given position.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func insert<C>(contentsOf newElements: C, at i: Int) where Element == C.Element, C : Collection
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  • Removes objects from the list at the given range.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func removeSubrange<R>(_ boundsExpression: R) where R : RangeExpression, R.Bound == Int
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Available where Element: Decodable

Available where Element: ObjectBase & RealmCollectionValue

  • projectTo will map the original List of Objects or List of EmbeddedObjects in to ProjectedCollection.

    For example:

     class Person: Object {
     @Persisted var dogs: List<Dog>
 }
 class PersonProjection: Projection<Person> {
     @Projected(\Person.dogs.projectTo.name) var dogNames: ProjectedCollection<String>
 }

    In this code the Person‘s dogs list will be prijected to the list of dogs names via projectTo

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var projectTo: CollectionElementMapper<Element> { get }
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