regex - Refactor out explicit getters and setters in Objective C -

i refactoring objective-c code remove explicit getters , setters.

so this:

[instance member] [instance setmember:value] 

should become this:

instance.member instance.member = value 

currently working on regex this, if has solved already, i'd appreciate taking advantage of else's work.

to have [instance setmember:value]; calls translated instance.member = value;, use xcode's refactoring: edit > refactor > convert modern objective-c syntax. convert getters if applicable, variable = [instance member]; calls variable = instance.member; syntax.

i might misunderstanding intention, i'd point out use of instance.member; bad style if you're not assigning value variable. if you're calling method because of it's side-effects, use [instance method]; instead make intention more clear. use dot-syntax read , write properties avoid confusion.

xcode 6.3 warns if you've got method/property returning value , you're calling getter without assigning variable (like viewcontroller.view; or [viewcontroller view];) since it's assumed call mistake. rid of warning you're getting, need explicitly tell compiler doing side-effect (for example, make sure xib loaded) casting void, in (void)[viewcontroller view];.

to convert setters refactoring missed, you'll need convert hand, i'm afraid. find them, go find navigator (cmd-3), select find > regular expression. use regular expression \[\[\w+\s+\w+\]\s+set (unfortunately, can't convert calls using regular expression since need transform 1 character: [foo setbar:123] needs turned foo.bar = 123 means b need turned lower-case b). write service context menu necessary transformation (see top answer "sort lines in selection" xcode 4 on how write such service) speed manual task bit.