Swift - Associated value or extension for an Enum

Question

General question regarding swift enum.

I want to create an enum of \"icon\" and \"associate\" a value to the enum case

enum Icon {
  case plane
  case ar         


        

Answer 1

Using enums with associated values combined with switch statements you can be very flexible. A first example:

enum Icon {
    case plane(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)
    case arrow(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)
    case logo(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)
    case flag(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)

    var values:(img:UIImage,col:UIColor) {
        switch self {
        case let .plane(image, color):
            return (image,color)
        case let .arrow(image, color):
            return (image,color)
        case let .logo(image, color):
            return (image,color)
        case let .flag(image, color):
            return (image,color)
        }
    }
}



var a = Icon.plane(img: UIImage(named: "image.png")!, col: UIColor.blueColor())

a.values.col
a.values.img

and a second example:

enum Icon {
    case plane(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)
    case arrow(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)
    case logo(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)
    case flag(img:UIImage, col:UIColor)

    var img:UIImage {
        switch self {
        case let .plane(image, color):
            return image
        case let .arrow(image, color):
            return image
        case let .logo(image, color):
            return image
        case let .flag(image, color):
            return image
        }
    }

    var col:UIColor {
        switch self {
        case let .plane(image, color):
            return color
        case let .arrow(image, color):
            return color
        case let .logo(image, color):
            return color
        case let .flag(image, color):
            return color
        }
    }
}



var a = Icon.plane(img: UIImage(named: "image.png")!, col: UIColor.blueColor())

a.col
a.img

no need for extensions. And if you really do want static values, you could do this:

struct MyIcon {
    static let plane = Icon.plane(img: UIImage(named: "image.png")!, col: UIColor.blueColor())
    static let arrow = Icon.arrow(img: UIImage(named: "image.png")!, col: UIColor.blueColor())
    static let logo = Icon.logo(img: UIImage(named: "image.png")!, col: UIColor.blueColor())
    static let flag = Icon.flag(img: UIImage(named: "image.png")!, col: UIColor.blueColor())
}

MyIcon.arrow.col

which might be tidier than placing the fixed literal values inside a switch statement.