Adding Properties to an Objective-C Category – Revisted

http://www.davidhamrick.com/2012/05/28/Adding-Properties-to-an-Objective-C-Category-Revisted.html

In my last post I wrote about adding properties to a category in objective-c. I have ended up using this feature quite a bit recently so I wrote a macro that will add the appropriate methods.

Before, when I wanted to add a category I would have to manually add the setter and getter.

     
     
	
      
      static 
      
      char 
      
      kDHStyleKey
      
      ;
     
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
	
      
      @interface 
      
      UIView 
      
      (DHStyleManager)
     
     
     
     
	
      
      @property 
      
      (
      
      nonatomic
      
      , 
      
      copy
      
      ) 
      
      NSString
      
      * 
      
      styleName
      
      ;
     
     
     
     
	
      
      @end
     
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
	
      
      @implementation 
      
      UIView 
      
      (DHStyleManager)
     
     
     
     
	
      
      @dynamic 
      
      styleName
      
      ;
     
     
     
     
	
      
      - 
      
      (
      
      void
      
      )
      
      setStyleName:
      
      (
      
      NSString 
      
      *
      
      )
      
      styleName
     
     
     
     
	
      
      {
     
     
     
     
		
      
      objc_setAssociatedObject
      
      (
      
      self
      
      , 
      
      &
      
      kDHStyleKey
      
      , 
      
      styleName
      
      , 
      
      OBJC_ASSOCIATION_COPY
      
      );
     
     
     
     
	
      
      }
     
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
	
      
      - 
      
      (
      
      NSString
      
      *
      
      )
      
      styleName
     
     
     
     
	
      
      {
     
     
     
     
		
      
      return 
      
      objc_getAssociatedObject
      
      (
      
      self
      
      , 
      
      &
      
      kDHStyleKey
      
      );
     
     
     
     
	
      
      }
     
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
	
      
      @end
     
     
     
     


     
     

Now, all I need to do is use the macro to create the getters and setters.

     
     
	
      
      @interface 
      
      UIView 
      
      (DHStyleManager)
     
     
     
     
	
      
      @property 
      
      (
      
      nonatomic
      
      , 
      
      copy
      
      ) 
      
      NSString
      
      * 
      
      styleName
      
      ;
     
     
     
     
	
      
      @end
     
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
	
      
      @implementation 
      
      UIView 
      
      (DHStyleManager)
     
     
     
     
	
      
      ADD_DYNAMIC_PROPERTY
      
      (
      
      NSString
      
      *
      
      ,
      
      styleName
      
      ,
      
      setStyleName
      
      );
     
     
     
     


     
     
     
     
	
      
      @end
     
     
     
     


     
     

All you need to do to use this macro is put this in a header file.

     
     

      
      	#define ADD_DYNAMIC_PROPERTY(PROPERTY_TYPE,PROPERTY_NAME,SETTER_NAME) \
     
     
     
     

      
      	@dynamic PROPERTY_NAME ; \
     
     
     
     

      
      	static char kProperty##PROPERTY_NAME; \
     
     
     
     

      
      	- ( PROPERTY_TYPE ) PROPERTY_NAME \
     
     
     
     

      
      	{ \
     
     
     
     

      
      		return ( PROPERTY_TYPE ) objc_getAssociatedObject(self, &(kProperty##PROPERTY_NAME ) ); \
     
     
     
     

      
      	} \
     
     
     
     

      
      	\
     
     
     
     

      
      	- (void) SETTER_NAME :( PROPERTY_TYPE ) PROPERTY_NAME \
     
     
     
     

      
      	{ \
     
     
     
     

      
      		objc_setAssociatedObject(self, &kProperty##PROPERTY_NAME , PROPERTY_NAME , OBJC_ASSOCIATION_RETAIN); \
     
     
     
     

      
      	} \