Results

public final class Results<Element> : NSObject, NSFastEnumeration where Element : RealmCollectionValue

Results is an auto-updating container type in Realm returned from object queries.

Results can be queried with the same predicates as List<Element>, and you can chain queries to further filter query results.

Results always reflect the current state of the Realm on the current thread, including during write transactions on the current thread. The one exception to this is when using for...in enumeration, which will always enumerate over the objects which matched the query when the enumeration is begun, even if some of them are deleted or modified to be excluded by the filter during the enumeration.

Results are lazily evaluated the first time they are accessed; they only run queries when the result of the query is requested. This means that chaining several temporary Results to sort and filter your data does not perform any unnecessary work processing the intermediate state.

Once the results have been evaluated or a notification block has been added, the results are eagerly kept up-to-date, with the work done to keep them up-to-date done on a background thread whenever possible.

Results instances cannot be directly instantiated.

  • A human-readable description of the objects represented by the results.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public override var description: String { get }
  • The type of the objects described by the results.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public typealias ElementType = Element
  • The Realm which manages this results. Note that this property will never return nil.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var realm: Realm? { get }
  • Indicates if the results are no longer valid.

    The results becomes invalid if invalidate() is called on the containing realm. An invalidated results can be accessed, but will always be empty.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var isInvalidated: Bool { get }
  • The number of objects in the results.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var count: Int { get }
  • Returns the index of the given object in the results, or nil if the object is not present.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func index(of object: Element) -> Int?
  • Returns the index of the first object matching the predicate, or nil if no objects match.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func index(matching predicate: NSPredicate) -> Int?

    Parameters

    predicate

    The predicate with which to filter the objects.

  • Returns the index of the first object matching the predicate, or nil if no objects match.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func index(matching predicateFormat: String, _ args: Any...) -> Int?

    Parameters

    predicateFormat

    A predicate format string, optionally followed by a variable number of arguments.

  • Returns the object at the given index.

    Declaration

    Swift

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

    Parameters

    index

    The index.

  • Returns the first object in the results, or nil if the results are empty.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var first: Element? { get }
  • Returns the last object in the results, or nil if the results are empty.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var last: Element? { get }
  • Returns an Array containing the results of invoking valueForKey(_:) with key on each of the results.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public override func value(forKey key: String) -> Any?

    Parameters

    key

    The name of the property whose values are desired.

  • Returns an Array containing the results of invoking valueForKeyPath(_:) with keyPath on each of the results.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public override func value(forKeyPath keyPath: String) -> Any?

    Parameters

    keyPath

    The key path to the property whose values are desired.

  • Invokes setValue(_:forKey:) on each of the objects represented by the results using the specified value and key.

    Warning

    This method may only be called during a write transaction.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public override func setValue(_ value: Any?, forKey key: String)

    Parameters

    value

    The object value.

    key

    The name of the property whose value should be set on each object.

  • Returns a Results containing all objects matching the given predicate in the collection.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func filter(_ predicateFormat: String, _ args: Any...) -> Results<Element>

    Parameters

    predicateFormat

    A predicate format string, optionally followed by a variable number of arguments.

  • Returns a Results containing all objects matching the given predicate in the collection.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func filter(_ predicate: NSPredicate) -> Results<Element>

    Parameters

    predicate

    The predicate with which to filter the objects.

  • Returns a Results containing the objects represented by the results, but sorted.

    Objects are sorted based on the values of the given key path. For example, to sort a collection of Students from youngest to oldest based on their age property, you might call students.sorted(byKeyPath: "age", ascending: true).

    Warning

    Collections may only be sorted by properties of boolean, Date, NSDate, single and double-precision floating point, integer, and string types.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func sorted(byKeyPath keyPath: String, ascending: Bool = true) -> Results<Element>

    Parameters

    keyPath

    The key path to sort by.

    ascending

    The direction to sort in.

  • Returns a Results containing the objects represented by the results, but sorted.

    Warning

    Collections may only be sorted by properties of boolean, Date, NSDate, single and double-precision floating point, integer, and string types.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func sorted<S: Sequence>(by sortDescriptors: S) -> Results<Element>
        where S.Iterator.Element == SortDescriptor

    Parameters

    sortDescriptors

    A sequence of SortDescriptors to sort by.

  • Returns a Results containing distinct objects based on the specified key paths

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func distinct<S: Sequence>(by keyPaths: S) -> Results<Element>
        where S.Iterator.Element == String

    Parameters

    keyPaths

    The key paths used produce distinct results

  • Returns the minimum (lowest) value of the given property among all the results, or nil if the results are empty.

    Warning

    Only a property whose type conforms to the MinMaxType protocol can be specified.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func min<T>(ofProperty property: String) -> T? where T : MinMaxType

    Parameters

    property

    The name of a property whose minimum value is desired.

  • Returns the maximum (highest) value of the given property among all the results, or nil if the results are empty.

    Warning

    Only a property whose type conforms to the MinMaxType protocol can be specified.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func max<T>(ofProperty property: String) -> T? where T : MinMaxType

    Parameters

    property

    The name of a property whose minimum value is desired.

  • Returns the sum of the values of a given property over all the results.

    Warning

    Only a property whose type conforms to the AddableType protocol can be specified.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func sum<T>(ofProperty property: String) -> T where T : AddableType

    Parameters

    property

    The name of a property whose values should be summed.

  • Returns the average value of a given property over all the results, or nil if the results are empty.

    Warning

    Only the name of a property whose type conforms to the AddableType protocol can be specified.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func average<T>(ofProperty property: String) -> T? where T : AddableType

    Parameters

    property

    The name of a property whose average value should be calculated.

  • Registers a block to be called each time the collection changes.

    The block will be asynchronously called with the initial results, and then called again after each write transaction which changes either any of the objects in the collection, or which objects are in the collection.

    The change parameter that is passed to the block reports, in the form of indices within the collection, which of the objects were added, removed, or modified during each write transaction. See the RealmCollectionChange documentation for more information on the change information supplied and an example of how to use it to update a UITableView.

    At the time when the block is called, the collection will be fully evaluated and up-to-date, and as long as you do not perform a write transaction on the same thread or explicitly call realm.refresh(), accessing it will never perform blocking work.

    Notifications are delivered via the standard run loop, and so can’t be delivered while the run loop is blocked by other activity. When notifications can’t be delivered instantly, multiple notifications may be coalesced into a single notification. This can include the notification with the initial collection.

    For example, the following code performs a write transaction immediately after adding the notification block, so there is no opportunity for the initial notification to be delivered first. As a result, the initial notification will reflect the state of the Realm after the write transaction.

    let results = realm.objects(Dog.self)
    print("dogs.count: \(dogs?.count)") // => 0
    let token = dogs.observe { changes in
        switch changes {
        case .initial(let dogs):
            // Will print "dogs.count: 1"
            print("dogs.count: \(dogs.count)")
            break
        case .update:
            // Will not be hit in this example
            break
        case .error:
            break
        }
    }
    try! realm.write {
        let dog = Dog()
        dog.name = "Rex"
        person.dogs.append(dog)
    }
    // end of run loop execution context
    

    You must retain the returned token for as long as you want updates to be sent to the block. To stop receiving updates, call invalidate() on the token.

    Warning

    This method cannot be called during a write transaction, or when the containing Realm is read-only.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func observe(_ block: @escaping (RealmCollectionChange<Results>) -> Void) -> NotificationToken

    Parameters

    block

    The block to be called whenever a change occurs.

    Return Value

    A token which must be held for as long as you want updates to be delivered.

  • The position of the first element in a non-empty collection. Identical to endIndex in an empty collection.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var startIndex: Int { get }
  • The collection’s past the end position. endIndex is not a valid argument to subscript, and is always reachable from startIndex by zero or more applications of successor().

    Declaration

    Swift

    public var endIndex: Int { get }
  • Declaration

    Swift

    public func index(after i: Int) -> Int
  • Declaration

    Swift

    public func index(before i: Int) -> Int
  • Subscribe to the query represented by this Results

    Subscribing to a query asks the server to synchronize all objects to the client which match the query, along with all objects which are reachable from those objects via links. This happens asynchronously, and the local client Realm may not immediately have all objects which match the query. Observe the state property of the returned subscription object to be notified of when the subscription has been processed by the server and all objects matching the query are available.


    Creating a new subscription with the same name and query as an existing subscription will not create a new subscription, but instead will return an object referring to the existing sync subscription. This means that performing the same subscription twice followed by removing it once will result in no subscription existing.

    By default trying to create a subscription with a name as an existing subscription with a different query or options will fail. If update is true, instead the existing subscription will be changed to use the query and options from the new subscription. This only works if the new subscription is for the same type of objects as the existing subscription, and trying to overwrite a subscription with a subscription of a different type of objects will still fail.


    The number of top-level objects which are included in the subscription can optionally be limited by setting the limit paramter. If more top-level objects than the limit match the query, only the first limit objects will be included. This respects the sort and distinct order of the query being subscribed to for the determination of what the first objects are.

    The limit does not count or apply to objects which are added indirectly due to being linked to by the objects in the subscription or due to being listed in includeLinkingObjects. If the limit is larger than the number of objects which match the query, all objects will be included.


    By default subscriptions are persistent, and last until they are explicitly removed by calling unsubscribe(). Subscriptions can instead be made temporary by setting the time to live to how long the subscription should remain. After that time has elapsed the subscription will be automatically removed.


    Outgoing links (i.e. List and Object properties) are automatically included in sync subscriptions. That is, if you subscribe to a query which matches one object, every object which is reachable via links from that object are also included in the subscription. By default, LinkingObjects properties do not work this way and instead, they only report objects which happen to be included in a subscription. Specific LinkingObjects properties can be explicitly included in the subscription by naming them in the includingLinkingObjects array. Any keypath which ends in a LinkingObjects property can be included in this array, including ones involving intermediate links.


    Creating a subscription is an asynchronous operation and the newly created subscription will not be reported by Realm.subscriptions() until it has transitioned from the .creating state to .pending, .created or .error.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public func subscribe(named subscriptionName: String? = nil, limit: Int? = nil,
                          update: Bool = false, timeToLive: TimeInterval? = nil,
                          includingLinkingObjects: [String] = []) -> SyncSubscription<Element>

    Parameters

    subscriptionName

    An optional name for the subscription.

    limit

    The maximum number of top-level objects to include in the subscription.

    update

    Whether an existing subscription with the same name should be updated or if it should be an error.

    timeToLive

    How long in seconds this subscription should remain active.

    includingLinkingObjects

    Which LinkingObjects properties should pull in the contained objects.

    Return Value

    The subscription.