How to convert to id with conforming protocol?

67 views Asked by Alex Aparin At 01 September 2017 at 16:06

Why is following code failed?

NSPasteboardItem* pasteboard_item = [NSPasteboardItem new];
id<NSPasteboardWriting> temp_obj = pasteboard_item;

I am newbie in Objective-c, but as I understand, NSPasteboardItem conforms NSPasteboardWriting protocol and such assignment should be allowed.

Xcode says:

Cannot initialize a variable of type id with lvalue of type 'NSPasteboardItem*'

Note: NSPasteboardItem is the class from AppKit to work with NSPasteBoard

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