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Re: "get" prefixes in Cocoa

Subject: Re: "get" prefixes in Cocoa
From: Ken Thomases <email@hidden>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:53:07 -0500

On Jul 30, 2008, at 3:11 AM, Sumner Trammell wrote:

Hi. Cocoa idioms dictate setFoo: and foo: for setters and getters.
Occasionally, the prefix "get" appears in a Cocoa method, like this
one:


- (void)getObjects:(id *)objects andKeys:(id *)keys

When a method is prefixed with get in Cocoa, what is being expressed?

From the guidelines discussed here <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CodingGuidelines/Articles/NamingMethods.html >:

Use “get” only for methods that return objects and values indirectly. You should use this form for methods only when multiple items need to be returned.


Cheers,
Ken_______________________________________________

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