Re: Alternative KVC accessors
Re: Alternative KVC accessors
- Subject: Re: Alternative KVC accessors
- From: Mike Abdullah <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 12:15:51 +0000
On 31 Dec 2009, at 07:03, Shane Stanley wrote:
> The documentation says:
>
> "The format for an accessor method that returns a property is -<key>. The
> -<key> method returns an object, scalar or a data structure. The alternate
> naming form -is<Key> is supported for Boolean properties."
>
> A small number of test suggest -is<Key> is supported more generally.
>
> Elsewhere, the documentation says:
>
> "When the default implementation of valueForKey: is invoked on a receiver,
> the following search pattern is used:
>
> "1. Searches the class of the receiver for an accessor method whose name
> matches the pattern -get<Key>, -<key>, or -is<Key>, in that order. If such a
> method is found it is invoked."
>
> This suggests that all three patterns are supported.
>
> So am I likely to run into problems if I write accessors as -get<Key> or
> -is<Key> for properties that have synthesized accessors?
Are you saying you want a synthesized -<key> method, and then also write an -is<Key> method?
>
> And yes, there's a good reason for wanting to...
>
> --
> Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
> AppleScript Pro, April 2010, Florida <http://www.applescriptpro.com>
>
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