Realm-iOS: Object reference set to nil after save

Question

I have 2 classes: Company and Employee . Both inherit the Realm Object class.

class Company:Object {
    var name:String = ""
    var employee:Employee?

    override static func primaryKey() -> String? {
       return "name"
   }
}

class Employee:Object {
   var name:String = ""
   var age:Int = 0

   override static func primaryKey() -> String? {
      return "name"
   }
}

Populate the objects

    var emp = Employee()
    emp.name = "Sachin"
    emp.age = 35

    var comp = Company()
    comp.name = "BCCI"

    comp.employee = emp

    println("Before: \(comp.employee)")

    var realm = Realm()
    realm.write {
        println("Before Add: \(comp.employee)")
        realm.add(comp, update: true)
        println("In Block: \(comp.employee)")
    }

    println("After: \(comp.employee)")

RESULT:

Before: Employee { name = Sachin; age = 35; }
Before Add: Employee { name = Sachin; age = 35; }
In Block: nil
After: nil

QUESTION: Why is the employee property of the Company object nil after the realm.add() operation? Any thoughts?

Answer 1

For all Realm Swift properties (except for List ), you need to declare the properties as dynamic . Changing your model definitions to the following should help!

class Company:Object {
    dynamic var name:String = ""
    dynamic var employee:Employee?

    override static func primaryKey() -> String? {
       return "name"
   }
}

class Employee:Object {
   dynamic var name:String = ""
   dynamic var age:Int = 0

   override static func primaryKey() -> String? {
      return "name"
   }
}