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    copied!<p>I have an XML file which contains lists of stores, a simplified version is below. What I would like help with is some high-level ideas on the simplest ways to move this data into objects for storage in Core Data. I see suggestions around key-value pairs but as you can see in my example below, I have child elements with the same name/key and there can be an arbitrary number of these for each store element.</p> <p>I intend to store these objects within the app for future use (they will be annotations on a map). So, each duplicate field needs to be stored, one of them will not suffice. I know how to model it in Core Data I believe, I'll have a phone-number entity and a store entity and will just relate the two based on <code>&lt;store-id&gt;</code>. I'm just trying to use a simple method to move them from XML to Core Data via some other data structure.</p> <p>XML sample:</p> <pre><code>&lt;stores&gt; &lt;store&gt; &lt;store-id&gt;1&lt;/store-id&gt; &lt;city&gt;Dublin&lt;/city&gt; &lt;phone&gt;011234567&lt;/phone&gt; &lt;phone&gt;011234566&lt;/phone&gt; &lt;owner&gt;Joe Bloggs&lt;/owner&gt; &lt;/store&gt; &lt;store&gt; &lt;store-id&gt;2&lt;/store-id&gt; &lt;city&gt;Cork&lt;/city&gt; &lt;phone&gt;019876543&lt;/phone&gt; &lt;phone&gt;019876542&lt;/phone&gt; &lt;owner&gt;Joe Bloggs&lt;/owner&gt; &lt;/store&gt; &lt;stores&gt; </code></pre> <p>If key-value pairs are the way to go, please point me to a method where I can account for the duplicate elements. If there's another way, I'm all ears.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
 

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