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iOS Protocols in Swift Protocol Basics What Is a Protocol?

Kanish Chhabra
Kanish Chhabra
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Posted by Kanish Chhabra
Kanish Chhabra
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What are gettable and settable properties?

What are gettable and settable properties?

Natalia Khachapuridze
Natalia Khachapuridze
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Natalia Khachapuridze
Natalia Khachapuridze
5,579 Points

Gettable properties are methods that present themselves as properties. They return/get property values. For example: They can get a distance in miles from a stored property which is stored in kilometers. Although you cant change property values with get. Settable properties can set/update values.

James Boonstra
James Boonstra
3,803 Points
James Boonstra
James Boonstra
3,803 Points

Is this like in Java when we use Setter and Getter methods?