Default value for Enum in Swift

Question

I have an enum :

public enum PersonType:String {

 case Cool                       = \"cool\"
 case Nice                       = \"rude\"
 case          


        

Answer 1

This goes pretty close but I would like to be able to store the value that can be associated with it, kind of like you can with C.

enum Errors: Int {
    case transactionNotFound = 500
    case timeout = -1001
    case invalidState = 409
    case notFound = 404
    case unknown

    init(value: Int) {
        if let error = Errors(rawValue: value) {
            self = error
        } else {
            self = .unknown
        }
    }
}

Errors(value: 40) // .unknown
Errors(value: 409) // .invalidState
Errors(value: 500) // .transactionNotFound

Had to create a custom initializer, otherwise it is recursive. And it is still possible to create using the rawValue initializer by accident.

This however feels more Swifty, I removed the : Int type specifier which allows you to use associated values, now the exceptional case that we don't do anything special is handled in the other:

enum Errors2 {
    case transactionNotFound
    case timeout
    case invalidState
    case notFound
    case other(Int)

    init(rawValue: Int) {
        switch rawValue {
        case 500:
            self = .transactionNotFound
        case -1001:
            self = .timeout
        case 409:
            self = .invalidState
        case 404:
            self = .notFound
        default:
            self = .other(rawValue)
        }
    }
}

Errors2(rawValue: 40) // .other(40)
Errors2(rawValue: 409) // .invalidState
Errors2(rawValue: 500) // .transactionNotFound
Errors2(rawValue: -1001) // .timeout

With this I could get the actual value for an "other" error, and I can use the rawValue so it acts a lot like an Int based enum. There is the single case statement to map the names but from then on you can use the names and never need to refer to the numbers.