Am I using my data source array correctly?

Question

When I want to make some quick tests for my UITableViewControllers, I usually create an NSArray that holds some dummy data. I would like to know if I'm doing anything wrong here:

First in MasterViewController.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
@class DetailViewController;
@interface MasterViewController : UITableViewController
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSArray *dataSourceArray;
@end

and then in MasterViewController.m:

#import "MasterViewController.h"
@implementation MasterViewController
@synthesize dataSourceArray = _dataSourceArray;
- (id)initWithNibName:(NSString *)nibNameOrNil bundle:(NSBundle *)nibBundleOrNil
{
 self = [super initWithNibName:nibNameOrNil bundle:nibBundleOrNil];
 if (self) {
 self.title = NSLocalizedString(@"Master", @"Master");
 _dataSourceArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"obj 1", @"obj 2", @"obj 3", nil];
 }
 return self;
}
- (void)dealloc
{
 [_dataSourceArray release];
 [super dealloc];
}

So, the real question, as long as I'm not assigning _dataSourceArray to something else, I'm safe in terms of memory management here, right?

• geminiCoder: I agree, the code looks good to me.

Answer 1

Yes. Everything seems correct here.

Like you mention yourself: make sure you use self.dataSourceArray to assign new values, and the synthesized setter will take care of memory management.