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Justin Oroz
Justin Oroz

Reputation: 659

Protocol Extension of Constrained Dictionary

I'm trying to get a specific Dictionary type to conform to a protocol.

typealias FirebaseDictionary = Dictionary<String, FirebaseValue>

I would like to have the conform to a FirebaseValue protocol

protocol FirebaseValue {
    // stuff here
}

I tried this

extension FirebaseDictionary: FirebaseValue {

}

but I got an error Constrained extension must be declared on the unspecialized generic type 'Dictionary' with constraints specified by a 'where' clause. So I now have this

extension Dictionary where Key == String, Value == FirebaseValue {

}

but I cannot figure out the proper syntax to make this conform to a protocol, if at all possible. If not possible is there any other way to achieve the same effect? I'm trying to only allow specific types into a property, and be able to discern easily what type they are when read back.

This question was asked but was given no definitive answer, and it may have changed regardless

Upvotes: 4

Views: 1211

Answers (1)

Paul
Paul

Reputation: 2057

Since Swift 4.2 you can do this with:

extension Dictionary : FirebaseValue where Key == String, Value == FirebaseValue {
}

Upvotes: 2

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