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danielsincere/identifiedenumcases

When an Swift enumeration has associated values, its cases can't be referenced as code. It would be so nice to reference the names of cases, even when an associated value isn't known.

Public visibility

If the enum is public, the generated CaseID enum and the generated caseID accessor will also be public. For example,

import IdentifiedEnumCases

@IdentifiedEnumCases
public enum AppRoute {
  case item(ItemRoute)
  case user(UserRoute)
}

generates to

public enum AppRoute {
  case item(ItemRoute)
  case user(UserRoute)

  public var caseID: CaseID {
    switch self {
    case .item: .item
    case .user: .user
  }

  public enum CaseID: String, Hashable, CaseIterable {
    case item
    case user
  }
}

Installation

In Package.swift, add the package to your dependencies.

.package(url: "https://github.com/FullQueueDeveloper/IdentifiedEnumCases.git", from: "1.0.0"),

And add "IdentifiedEnumCases" to the list of your target's dependencies.

When prompted by Xcode, trust the macro.

Swift macros?

Introduced at WWDC '23, requiring Swift 5.9

License

BSD-3-Clause

Package Metadata

Repository: danielsincere/identifiedenumcases

Default branch: master

README: README.md