Objective-c: why private ivars are not hidden from the outside access when using KVC

Question

After trying to access ivars using KVC, I have noticed that there was no protection on private and protected ivars. It doesn\'t matter what I put a in front of the ivar (pri

Answer 1

forbid via an override of the kvc entries:

@implementation MONObject

- (id)valueForKey:(NSString *)key
{
/* enforce it */
    return nil;
}

- (void)setValue:(id)value forKey:(NSString *)key
{
/* enforce it */
}

/* and so on */

@end