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Re: Subclassing NSManagedObject
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Re: Subclassing NSManagedObject


  • Subject: Re: Subclassing NSManagedObject
  • From: Fritz Anderson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 17:46:33 -0500

On 22 May 2005, at 5:01 PM, T Reaves wrote:

For my accessors & mutators, do I really need to go through all the steps as outlined in Apple's docs? If they are simple accessors & mutators, can I do

- (NSString *)name
{
    return [self valueForKey:@"name"];
}
- (void)setName:(NSString *)newName
{
    [self setValue:newName forKey:@"name"];
}

Shriek. Review Key-Value Coding. The key-value method valueForKey: is implemented so that [self valueForKey: @"name"] will result in a call to the name method. Which you define here as [self valueForKey: @"name"]. Difficulties ensue. The same problem (filling in the blanks) applies to setValue:forKey:.


willAccessValueForKey:/primitiveValueForKey:/didAccessValueForKey: are recommended not just to antagonize you, but because they are necessary. The will/didAccess methods assure you the object store is in a consistent state while you access it, and the primitive accessor does a direct-to-the-store access that avoids the kinds of loops seen above.

    -- F

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