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Chris
Chris

Reputation: 2907

Swift Mirror API - Which protocols an object conforms to

Is there a Swift Mirror API call that can tell me what protocols an object conforms to, ie:

protocol ProtocolA {}
protocol ProtocolB {}
protocol ProtocolC {}

class User : A, C {}

Then if I had the following code, it would print out A & C

let u = User()
let mirror = Mirror(reflecting: u)
let protocols = mirror.whichProtocols() // Made up code
print(protocols) //A & C

Upvotes: 1

Views: 465

Answers (1)

Code Different
Code Different

Reputation: 93181

Not possible at all in Swift. Swift reflection is a very limited affair. If you are willing to bridge your class into ObjC, you can use the ObjC Runtime functions to get what you want:

@objc protocol ProtocolA {}
@objc protocol ProtocolB {}
@objc protocol ProtocolC {}

class User : NSObject, ProtocolA, ProtocolC {}

var count: UInt32 = 0
let protocols = class_copyProtocolList(User.self, &count)

for i in 0..<Int(count) {
    let cname = protocol_getName(protocols[i])
    let name = String.fromCString(cname)

    print(name)
}

Each of your protocol must be prefixed with @objc and your class must inherit from NSObject.

Upvotes: 3

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