FirebaseFirestore Framework Reference

FIRWriteBatch

@interface FIRWriteBatch : NSObject

A write batch is used to perform multiple writes as a single atomic unit.

A WriteBatch object can be acquired by calling Firestore.batch(). It provides methods for adding writes to the write batch. None of the writes will be committed (or visible locally) until WriteBatch.commit() is called.

Unlike transactions, write batches are persisted offline and therefore are preferable when you don’t need to condition your writes on read data.

• -setData:forDocument:

  Writes to the document referred to by document. If the document doesn’t yet exist, this method creates it and then sets the data. If the document exists, this method overwrites the document data with the new values.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (nonnull FIRWriteBatch *)setData:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)data
                         forDocument:(nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)document;

  Parameters

  data	A Dictionary that contains the fields and data to write to the document.
  document	A reference to the document whose data should be overwritten.

  Return Value

  This WriteBatch instance. Used for chaining method calls.

• -setData:forDocument:merge:

  Writes to the document referred to by document. If the document doesn’t yet exist, this method creates it and then sets the data. If you pass merge:true, the provided data will be merged into any existing document.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (nonnull FIRWriteBatch *)setData:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)data
                         forDocument:(nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)document
                               merge:(BOOL)merge;

  Parameters

  data	A Dictionary that contains the fields and data to write to the document.
  document	A reference to the document whose data should be overwritten.
  merge	Whether to merge the provided data into any existing document. If enabled, all omitted fields remain untouched. If your input sets any field to an empty dictionary, any nested field is overwritten.

  Return Value

  This WriteBatch instance. Used for chaining method calls.

• -setData:forDocument:mergeFields:

  Writes to the document referred to by document and only replace the fields specified under mergeFields. Any field that is not specified in mergeFields is ignored and remains untouched. If the document doesn’t yet exist, this method creates it and then sets the data.

  It is an error to include a field in mergeFields that does not have a corresponding value in the data dictionary.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (nonnull FIRWriteBatch *)setData:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)data
                         forDocument:(nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)document
                         mergeFields:(nonnull NSArray<id> *)mergeFields;

  Parameters

  data	A Dictionary that contains the fields and data to write to the document.
  document	A reference to the document whose data should be overwritten.
  mergeFields	An Array that contains a list of String or FieldPath elements specifying which fields to merge. Fields can contain dots to reference nested fields within the document. If your input sets any field to an empty dictionary, any nested field is overwritten.

  Return Value

  This WriteBatch instance. Used for chaining method calls.

• -updateData:forDocument:

  Updates fields in the document referred to by document. If document does not exist, the write batch will fail.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (nonnull FIRWriteBatch *)updateData:(nonnull NSDictionary<id, id> *)fields
                            forDocument:(nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)document;

  Parameters

  fields	A Dictionary containing the fields (expressed as an String or FieldPath) and values with which to update the document.
  document	A reference to the document whose data should be updated.

  Return Value

  This WriteBatch instance. Used for chaining method calls.

• -deleteDocument:

  Deletes the document referred to by document.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (nonnull FIRWriteBatch *)deleteDocument:
      (nonnull FIRDocumentReference *)document;

  Parameters

  document

  A reference to the document that should be deleted.

  Return Value

  This WriteBatch instance. Used for chaining method calls.

• -commit

  Commits all of the writes in this write batch as a single atomic unit.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (void)commit;

• -commitWithCompletion:

  Commits all of the writes in this write batch as a single atomic unit.

  Declaration

  Objective-C

  - (void)commitWithCompletion:(nullable void (^)(NSError *_Nullable))completion;

  Parameters

  completion

  A block to be called once all of the writes in the batch have been successfully written to the backend as an atomic unit. This block will only execute when the client is online and the commit has completed against the server. The completion handler will not be called when the device is offline, though local changes will be visible immediately.