How to create objects from SwiftyJSON

Question

I have a code, that parses JSON\'s list of questions and I can get every property. How can I iterate through the whole file and for each question create an object ?

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Answer 1

Step 1. We will create one protocol with one constructor method in it and Model class

protocol JSONable {
    init?(parameter: JSON)
}

class Style: JSONable {
    let ID              :String!
    let name            :String!

    required init(parameter: JSON) {
        ID            = parameter["id"].stringValue
        name          = parameter["name"].stringValue
    }

    /*  JSON response format
    {
      "status": true,
      "message": "",
      "data": [
        {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "Style 1"
        },
        {
          "id": 2,
          "name": "Style 2"
        },
        {
          "id": 3,
          "name": "Style 3"
        }
      ]
    }
    */
}

Step 2. We will create extension of JSON which will convert JSON to model class type object

extension JSON {
    func to(type: T?) -> Any? {
        if let baseObj = type as? JSONable.Type {
            if self.type == .array {
                var arrObject: [Any] = []
                for obj in self.arrayValue {
                    let object = baseObj.init(parameter: obj)
                    arrObject.append(object!)
                }
                return arrObject
            } else {
                let object = baseObj.init(parameter: self)
                return object!
            }
        }
        return nil
    }
}

Step 3. Use code with Alamofire or other code.

Alamofire.request(.GET, url).validate().responseJSON { response in
        switch response.result {
            case .success(let value):
                let json = JSON(value)

                var styles: [Style] = []
                if let styleArr = json["data"].to(type: Style.self) {
                    styles = styleArr as! [Style]
                }
                print("styles: \(styles)")
            case .failure(let error):
                print(error)
        }
 }

I hope this will be useful.

Please refer to this link for more information on this.
https://github.com/SwiftyJSON/SwiftyJSON/issues/714