Can I create properties with a public getter and private setter?

Question

I\'d like to use properties for my instance variables, but in many cases, I only want the class itself to have access to the setter. I was hoping I could do something like

Answer 1

When Barry says "the default is retain for properties" he means that retain should be specified like this:

@property (retain) NSDate *endDate;

If they are left like this:

@property NSDate *endDate;

assign is assumed by the compiler.