Alternate approach to inheritance for Swift structs?
In Swift with struct you can create protocol
for common task and also implement default implementation using protocol extension.
protocol Vehicle {
var model: String { get set }
var color: String { get set }
}
//Common Implementation using protocol extension
extension Vehicle {
static func parseVehicleFields(jsonDict: [String:Any]) -> (String, String) {
let model = jsonDict["model"] as! String
let color = jsonDict["color"] as! String
return (model, color)
}
}
struct Car : Vehicle {
var model:String
var color:String
let horsepower: Double
let license_plate: String
init(jsonDict: [String:Any]) {
(model, color) = Car.parseVehicleFields(jsonDict: jsonDict)
horsepower = jsonDict["horsepower"] as! Double
license_plate = jsonDict["license_plate"] as! String
}
}
struct Bicycle : Vehicle {
var model:String
var color:String
let chainrings: Int
let sprockets: Int
init(jsonDict: [String:Any]) {
(model, color) = Bicycle.parseVehicleFields(jsonDict: jsonDict)
chainrings = jsonDict["chainrings"] as! Int
sprockets = jsonDict["sprockets"] as! Int
}
}
There is a detailed answer at following Gist, with all possible approaches. I do not like any of them as I am fan of Classes. But structs are future of Swift, you have to understand, adopt and like :( it .
Link: https://gist.github.com/AliSoftware/9e4946c8b6038572d678