Question

I know this is a newbie question but i can’t get my head around this (or really, i can’t get it working)

so i have in my .h

@interface
NSString *test;
@end;

@property NSString *test

and in my .m

...
@synthesize test;
...

but i want a custom setter for test – what is the correct syntax?

thanks

Answer 1

First, you do not need to declare a variable test if you plan to @synthesize, but if you do, you need to put it in curly braces.

Second, the declaration of the property needs to be inside the interface:

@interface {
    NSString *test;
}
@property (readwrite) NSString *test
@end;

Finally, the syntax for the setter is

-(void)setTest:(NSString*)test {
    ...
}

If you choose to override the getter as well, the convention is

-(NSString*)test {
    return test;
}