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Re: protocol and properties


  • Subject: Re: protocol and properties
  • From: Martin Hewitson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:15:55 +0100

It 'works' for me too, I just warnings from Xcode. Anyway, I'll check in case I made a typo or something.

Thanks!

Martin

On 28, Nov, 2010, at 9:50 AM, Stephen J. Butler wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:15 AM, Martin Hewitson
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>> Suppose I have a formal protocol which defines a method:
>>
>> - (NSArray*)objects;
>>
>> Then I implement a class which implements this protocol. To do that I make a property:
>>
>> @property (nonatomic, readwrite, retain) NSArray * objects;
>>
>> and put the appropriate synthesize statement in the implementation.
>>
>> I get compiler warnings that this class doesn't implement the protocol. It seems it doesn't take the synthesized getter as being an implementation of the -objects method.
>>
>> I also tried explicitly adding the implementation, but the warning remains:
>>
>> - (NSArray*) objects
>> {
>>  return objects;
>> }
>>
>> Am I doing something wrong here, or is it not possible to use a property to satisfy a protocol?
>
> Works for me:
>
>
> #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
>
> @protocol Bar
> - (NSArray*) objects;
> @end
>
> @interface Foo : NSObject < Bar > {
>    NSArray *objects;
> }
> @property (nonatomic, readwrite, retain) NSArray *objects;
> @end
>
> @implementation Foo
> #if 0
> - (NSArray*) objects { return objects; }
> - (void) setObjects:(NSArray*)o {
>    [o retain];
>    [objects autorelease];
>    objects = o;
> }
> #else
> @synthesize objects;
> #endif
> @end
>
> int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
>    NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
>
>    Foo *f = [[[Foo alloc] init] autorelease];
>    id< Bar > b = f;
>
>    f.objects = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:@"one",
>                 @"two", @"three", nil];
>    NSLog( @"objects = %@", [b objects] );
>
>    [pool drain];
>    return 0;
> }

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    Gravitationsphysik und Universitaet Hannover
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