A managed object context represents a single object space, or scratch pad, in a Core Data application on iOS. It's primary responsibility is to manage a collection of managed objects.
An entity on the iOS platform.
A managed object context represents a single object space, or scratch pad, in a Core Data application. A managed object context is an instance of NSManagedObjectContext. Its primary responsibility is to manage a collection of managed objects. These managed objects represent an internally consistent view of one or more persistent stores. The context is a powerful object with a central role in the life-cycle of managed objects, with responsibilities from life-cycle management (including faulting) to validation, inverse relationship handling, and undo/redo.
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