Re: Using dot syntax for non-@property properties?

FROM : Ali Ozer
DATE : Wed Nov 07 03:32:48 2007

> You can declare a property in a category, like so:
>
> @interface NSView (Properties)
> @property (assign) NSRect bounds;
> @end
>
> @interface NSView (Properties)
> @dynamic bounds;
> @end
>
> As long as there is a <key> and set<key> method pair, you can "tack" 
> on a property.
> I've done it for some pre-leopard objects such as a subviews 
> property etc on NSView...


You don't need to tack on an explicit property declaration. The dot-
syntax will work for any getter/setter pair, as long as the receiving 
object is statically typed.  In the original example, sender is 
declared as "id," so it doesn't work.

Ali