Generics call with Type T in Swift

Question

In my application I want to create an generic method which creates an array of object depening on the given type T.

I created the following function:

fun         


        

Answer 1

You need to make initializer required, then add let realType = T.self line and replace T() with realType().

class Person {
    required init() { }

    func getWorkingHours() -> Float {
        return 40.0
    }
}

class Boss : Person {
    override func getWorkingHours() -> Float {
        println(100.0)
        return 100.0
    }
}

class Worker : Person {
    override func getWorkingHours() -> Float {
        println(42.0)
        return 42.0
    }
}

func getWorkingHours() -> T {
    let realType = T.self
    var person = realType()
    person.getWorkingHours()

    return person
}