Swift enum with custom initializer loses rawValue initializer

Question

I have tried to boil this issue down to its simplest form with the following.

Setup

Xcode Version 6.1.1 (6A2008a)

An enum defined in MyEnum.swift

Answer 1

extension TemplateSlotType {
    init?(rawString: String) {
        // Check if string contains 'carrousel'
        if rawString.rangeOfString("carrousel") != nil {
            self.init(rawValue:"carrousel")
        } else {
            self.init(rawValue:rawString)
        }
    }
}

In your case this would result in the following extension:

extension MyEnum {
    init?(string: String) {
        switch string.lowercaseString {
        case "zero": 
            self.init(rawValue:0)
        case "one": 
            self.init(rawValue:1)
        case "two":
            self.init(rawValue:2)
        default: 
            return nil
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

This works for Swift 4 on Xcode 9.2 together with my EnumSequence:

enum Word: Int, EnumSequenceElement, CustomStringConvertible {
    case apple, cat, fun

    var description: String {
        switch self {
        case .apple:
            return "Apple"
        case .cat:
            return "Cat"
        case .fun:
            return "Fun"
        }
    }
}

let Words: [String: Word] = [
    "A": .apple,
    "C": .cat,
    "F": .fun
]

extension Word {
    var letter: String? {
        return Words.first(where: { (_, word) -> Bool in
            word == self
        })?.key
    }

    init?(_ letter: String) {
        if let word = Words[letter] {
            self = word
        } else {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

for word in EnumSequence<Word>() {
    if let letter = word.letter, let lhs = Word(letter), let rhs = Word(letter), lhs == rhs {
        print("\(letter) for \(word)")
    }
}

Output

A for Apple
C for Cat
F for Fun

Answer 3

Yeah this is an annoying issue. I'm currently working around it using a global-scope function that acts as a factory, i.e.

func enumFromString(string:String) -> MyEnum? {
    switch string {
    case "One" : MyEnum(rawValue:1)
    case "Two" : MyEnum(rawValue:2)
    case "Three" : MyEnum(rawValue:3)
    default : return nil
    }
}

Answer 4

This bug is solved in Xcode 7 and Swift 2

Answer 5

You can even make the code simpler and useful without switch cases, this way you don't need to add more cases when you add a new type.

enum VehicleType: Int, CustomStringConvertible {
    case car = 4
    case moped = 2
    case truck = 16
    case unknown = -1

    // MARK: - Helpers

    public var description: String {
        switch self {
        case .car: return "Car"
        case .truck: return "Truck"
        case .moped: return "Moped"
        case .unknown: return "unknown"
        }
    }

    static let all: [VehicleType] = [car, moped, truck]

    init?(rawDescription: String) {
        guard let type = VehicleType.all.first(where: { description == rawDescription })
            else { return nil }
        self = type
    }
}

Answer 6

Add this to your code:

extension MyEnum {
    init?(rawValue: Int) {
        switch rawValue {
        case 0: self = .Zero
        case 1: self = .One
        case 2: self = .Two
        default: return nil
        }
    }
}