How to convert a PFFile into a PFObject

Question

I am using Parse. I have a PFFILE that I am retrieving using a Query. I need to save it, and i found that you normally use saveEventualy. But it doesn't support PFFile. So how can I turn the PFFile into a PFObject? Or else how save the image for offline? That's my code up to now:

-(void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];        
    [self GetImage];
}

- (void)enteredForeground:(NSNotification*) not
{
    [self GetImage];
}

-(void)GetImage
{    
    PFQuery *query = [PFQuery queryWithClassName:@"Image"];    
    [query getObjectInBackgroundWithId:@"4tmub1uxVd" block:^(PFObject *imageObject, NSError >*error)        
    {        
        if (imageObject) {                
            PFFile *imageFile = imageObject[@"image"];               
            [imageFile getDataInBackgroundWithBlock:^(NSData *data, NSError *error) {               
                if (data) {                        
                    UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];                       
                    if (image) {                        
                        self.imageview.image = image;                       
                    }                        
                } else {                        
                    NSLog(@"Error fetching image file: %@", error);                        
                }                    
            }];                
        } else {                
           NSLog(@"Error fetching object: %@", error);                
       }                                               
    }];

}

Answer 1

Parse has recently introduced a new method called local Data Store. It let's you store objects and files, update and retrieve them. Check out the documentation.

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Documentation That doesn't exactly answer your question, but it will achieve what you want it to!

Answer 2

You can't convert a PFFile to a PFObject, but you don't need to. The Image PFObject class you're fetching in the code above has a property, with key image, that represents a PFFile. If you modify this, you'd save the parent object, which would save the updated file alongside it.