Question

I was wondering if synthesize has some sort of support for dot syntax. My goal here is just to learn more about it – I realize I can achieve the goal by defining the getter myself. I have been looking for info on this topic without much success so far.

Example of what I want to do:

@synthesize name = self.someObject.name;

Which, as a getter, would be something along the lines of:

-(NSString*)name
{
    return self.someObject.name;
}

Answer 1

No, you can’t do this. The value after the = in @synthesize must reference an ivar of the current class. You’re free to implement the above getter as you’ve noted, but @synthesize won’t do it.