Question

OK basically I have a class in an iPhone app where I want it to some read only propertys. Meaning that the owning class can read and write the property, but other objects can only read it. I try the “readonly” option when I declare the property, but then my class can’t even write it. What use is that?

Answer 1

If it’s not too inconvenient, just use the ivar or “backing” variable in your class to modify the value. Like this:

In your .h file:

@interface ClassName

@property (readonly,nonatomic) NSInteger readOnlyValue;

@end

In your .m file:

@implementation ClassName

@synthesize readOnlyValue = _readOnlyValue;



_readOnlyValue = 42;

@end