Best way to enum NSString

Question

Im digging for ways to enum objc object such as NSString, I remember there a new feature in a version of Xcode4+ which offering a new way to enum , but not clearly. Anyone know

Answer 1

Recommended way from apple docs:

You use the NS_TYPED_ENUM to group constants with a raw value type that you specify. Use NS_TYPED_ENUM for sets of constants that can't logically have values added in a Swift extension, and use NS_TYPED_EXTENSIBLE_ENUM for sets of constants that can be expanded in an extension. Apple docs

typedef NSString *MyEnum NS_TYPED_ENUM;
extern MyEnum const MyEnumFirstValue;
extern MyEnum const MyEnumSecondValue;
extern MyEnum const MyEnumThirdValue;

in the .h file. Define your strings in the .m file

MyEnum const MyEnumFirstValue = @"MyEnumFirstValue"
MyEnum const MyEnumSecondValue = @"MyEnumSecondValue";
MyEnum const MyEnumThirdValue = @"MyEnumThirdValue";

Works as expected in both Objective-C

- (void)methodWithMyEnum:(MyEnum)myEnum { }

and Swift

func method(_ myEnum: MyEnum) { }