Data model for folders in Core Data

I'm trying to implement a folders and items data model in Core Data. It will be displayed in a table view. I'm using a "listItem" entity for the table view with these properties:

listItem
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isFolder (BOOL)
item (relationship to an Item)
folder (relationship to a Folder, if isFolder is true, otherwise nil)

My Folder and Item entities both have a name property and a dateCreated property. My Folder entity also has an "listItems" relationship containing more listItems. All listItems are contained in a parent Fold开发者_如何学Pythoner.

How can I ask a fetched results controller to use the name or dateCreated property to order the tableview, even though they are in different relationships? Do I have to make a copy of the name and dateCreated in listItem? Is there a better way to do this in Core Data? Thanks.

Just add an new property to your entry CreationDate and use an SortDescriptor to order them.