Easy way to get array of properties of a custom NS object?

Question

I have an NSObject with some properties as in:

public class Contact: NSObject {

var first: String = ""
var last: String = ""
var title: String = ""
//and so forth
}

Is there a simple way to get the values of the object properties for a single instance of the object, ie one Contact, into an array such as:

{"Bob","Smith","Vice President"}

I can't seem to find a straightforward way to do this. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Here you go: stackoverflow.com/questions/24844681/…

Glenn Posadas
– Glenn Posadas

2018-06-05 14:24:23 +00:00
Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 14:24 — Glenn Posadas
– Glenn Posadas, Commented Jun 5, 2018 at 14:24

ouni · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-05 14:35:44Z

1

The caveman way:

public class Contact: NSObject {

  var first: String = ""
  var last: String = ""
  var title: String = ""

  var values: [String] {
    return [first, last, title]
  }
}

A more useful way, which allows you to serialize to NSKeyedArchiver, JSONEncoder, or whatever:

public class Contact: NSObject {

  var first: String = ""
  var last: String = ""
  var title: String = ""

  var values: NSDictionary {
    return [
      "first": first,
      "last": last,
      "title": title
    ]
  }
}

Either way, the simplest method is to manually scrape out the state properties you are interested in.

edited Jun 5, 2018 at 14:35

answered Jun 5, 2018 at 14:30

ouni

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user6631314 Over a year ago

The class is in another file but I was able to use the manual method to create an array from the object. Wish I could give extra +1 for caveman reference

avinash pandey · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-06 02:48:32Z

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The best way to find the values of the Object's properties is to use the Mirror apis provided by apple. You can get properties values as

Example Code

public class Contact: NSObject {
var first: String = ""
var last: String = ""
var title: String = ""
//and so forth

var values: [String] {
    return Mirror(reflecting: self).children.map {$0.value as? String ?? ""}
}

answered Jun 6, 2018 at 2:48

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