On 11 Nov 2010, at 12:41, Remco Poelstra wrote:

> Op 10-11-2010 15:31, Quincey Morris schreef:
>> On Nov 10, 2010, at 06:10, [email protected] wrote:
>> 
>>> I was just thinking that the overrides would provide a convenient point to 
>>> process all requests for undefined properties.
>>> Depends on the design and requirements of the model I suppose.
>> 
>> I don't think that's happening here -- the property isn't undefined 
>> initially, it just has an incorrect value initially. :)
>> 
>> The point is, I think, to avoid overriding 'valueForKey:', because of the 
>> potential horrendous performance problems that could result.
> 
> Thanks for all replies. I think I've a problem there. I store all my 
> properties in a NSMutableDictionary, so implementing my own getters is not 
> possible. I tried overriding valueForKey: by subclassing NSMutableDictionary, 
> but soon found out that was not possible as it is a cluster.
> Leaves me wondering whether I should hardcode all properties (82 items) on my 
> own object or try to make a more intelligent subclass of NSMutableDictionary. 
> Or maybe a composite object?


I would try composition.

Regards

Jonathan Mitchell

Developer
Mugginsoft LLP
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