Default value for Enum in Swift

Question

I have an enum :

public enum PersonType:String {

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


        

Answer 1

Try this approach.

public enum PersonType:String {

    case Cool                       = "cool"
    case Nice                       = "rude"
    case SoLazy                     = "so-lazy"

    static let allKeys = [Cool.rawValue, Nice.rawValue, SoLazy.rawValue]
}

extension PersonType
{
    func description(personTypeKey : String) -> String {

        if PersonType.allKeys.contains(personTypeKey)
        {
            switch self {
            case .Cool:
                return "Cool person"
            case .Nice:
                return "Nice person"
            case .SoLazy:
                return "its so lazy person"
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return "YourTextHere"
        }
    }

    func typeImage(personTypeKey : String) -> String {

        if PersonType.allKeys.contains(personTypeKey)
        {
            switch self {
            case .Cool:
                return "cool.png"
            case .Nice:
                return "img_nice.png"
            case .SoLazy:
                return "lazy.png"
            }
        }
        else
        {
            return "YourImageHere"
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

I wonder if dictionary is not a better fit than enum here:

let dict = [
    "Cool": "cool",
    "Nice": "rude",
    "SoLazy": "so-lazy"
]

let personType = "unknown"
let personDescription = dict[personType] ?? "Unknown"

Less typing, faster processing, more natural handling of the default case, easier to expand.

Answer 3

Another approach that works in Swift 3 (maybe 2, don't know):

enum PersonType: String {
    case cool = "cool"
    case nice = "nice"
    case soLazy = "so-lazy"
    case other
}

let person = PersonType(rawValue: "funny") ?? .other

The person variable is of type PersonType.other in this case.

The downside to this is that you don't know the raw string value of the .other case.

Answer 4

For you case:

Default Value of Enum: I just add an default computed property, Or include an customize init.

public enum PersonType:String {

    case Cool                       = "cool"
    case Nice                       = "rude"
    case SoLazy                     = "so-lazy"

    /// add a `default` computer property
    public static var `default`: PersonType {
        return .SoLazy
    }

    /// add an customize init function 
    public init(person: String? = nil) {
        if let person = person {
            switch person {
            case "cool": self = .Cool
            case "rude": self = .Nice
            case "so-lazy": self = .SoLazy
            default: self = .SoLazy
            }
        } else {
            self = .SoLazy
        }
    }

    public var description: String {
        switch self {
        case .Cool:
            return "Cool person"
        case .Nice:
            return "Nice person"
        case .SoLazy:
            return "its so lazy person"
        }
    }

    public var typeImage: String {
        switch self {
        case .Cool:
            return "cool.png"
        case .Nice:
            return "img_nice.png"
        case .SoLazy:
            return "lazy.png"
        }
    }

}

To use:

if let personType = PersonType(rawValue:personTypeKey ?? "") {
    self.personType = personType
} else {
    self.personType = PersonType.default
}

Or

if let personType = PersonType(rawValue:personTypeKey ?? "") {
    self.personType = personType
} else {
    self.personType = PersonType()
}

Default Value of Enum With Associated Value:

public enum Gender {
    case man
    case woman
}

public enum PersonType {

    case cool(Gender)
    case nice(Gender)
    case soLazy(Gender)

    public static var `default`: PersonType {
        return PersonType.make.soLazy()
    }

    public enum Builder {
        public static func cool() -> PersonType {
            return PersonType.cool(.woman)
        }
        public static func nice() -> PersonType {
            return PersonType.nice(.woman)
        }
        public static func soLazy() -> PersonType {
            return PersonType.soLazy(.woman)
        }
    }

    public static var make: PersonType.Builder.Type {
        return PersonType.Builder.self
    }


    public var description: String {
        switch self {
        case .cool(let gender):
            switch gender {
            case .man: return "Cool boy"
            case .woman: return "Cool girl"
            }
        case .nice(let gender):
            switch gender {
            case .man: return "Nice boy"
            case .woman: return "Nice girl"
            }
        case .soLazy(let gender):
            switch gender {
            case .man: return "its so lazy boy"
            case .woman: return "its so lazy girl"
            }
        }
    }

    public var typeImage: String {
        switch self {
        case .cool(_):
            return "cool.png"
        case .nice(_):
            return "img_nice.png"
        case .soLazy(_):
            return "lazy.png"
        }
    }

}

To use:

let onePersonType = PersonType.default
let anotherPersonType = PersonType.make.soLazy()

The second case solution I was found on Ilya Puchka' blog. And also it's mentioned in swift's proposal.

Answer 5

Drop the raw type, and use enum with associated value:

public enum PersonType {
    case Cool
    case Nice
    case SoLazy
    case Unknown(String)
    static func parse(s:String) -> PersonType {
        switch s {
            case "Cool" : return .Cool
            case "Nice" : return .Nice
            case "SoLazy" : return .SoLazy
            default: return Unknown(s)
        }
    }
}

The downside to dropping the raw type is that you must provide some logic for parsing the known enum values. The upside, however, is that you can fit anything else into a single Unknown case, while keeping the actual "unknown" value available for later use.