数组中的Swift通用协议类类型

Question

We have implemented a protocol, Reusable , to ease UITableView register/dequeue implementations, for our UITableViewCell s.

protocol Reusable: class {
    static var defaultIdentifier: String { get }
}

extension Reusable where Self: UITableViewCell {
    static var defaultIdentifier: String {
        return String(describing: self)
    }
}

class TestTableViewCell: UITableViewCell, Reusable { }
class AnotherTestTableViewCell: UITableViewCell, Reusable { }

Then, there's an extension to UITableView like:

extension UITableView {
    func register<T: UITableViewCell & Reusable>(_: T.Type) {
        register(UINib(nibName: T.defaultIdentifier, bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: T.defaultIdentifier)
    }
}

and as its usage:

let tableView: UITableView = UITableView()
tableView.register(TestTableViewCell.self)
tableView.register(AnotherTableViewCell.self)

Everything works well, but we'd like to move these types to an array, for order. That's where we're stuck, this doesn't work:

let viewCells = [TestTableViewCell.self, AnotherTestTableViewCell.self]
// Without type annotation, it's [UITableViewCell.Type]
// And the error is: Instance method 'register' requires that 'UITableViewCell' conform to 'Reusable'

for viewCell in viewCells {
    tableView.register(viewCell)
}

We've also tried:

let viewCells: [Reusable.Type] = ...
// Error: Cannot invoke 'register' with an argument list of type '(Reusable.Type)'

Also this:

let viewCells: [(UITableViewCell & Reusable).Type] = ...
// Error: Instance method 'register' requires that 'UITableViewCell' conform to 'Reusable'

Is there a way to store the class type info with protocol conformance in an array to make this work?

Answer 1

Just write an extension for UITableViewCell so it conforms to Reusable protocol and do not cast cells to any type:

extension UITableViewCell: Reusable {}

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PS you can also check the most popular Reusable protocol implementation on iOS here .

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Good luck :)

Answer 2

protocol Reusable: class {
    static var defaultIdentifier: String { get }
}

extension Reusable where Self: UITableViewCell {
    static var defaultIdentifier: String {
        return String(describing: self)
    }
}

class TestTableViewCell: UITableViewCell, Reusable { }
extension UITableView {
    func register<T: UITableViewCell & Reusable>(_: T.Type) {
        register(UINib(nibName: T.defaultIdentifier, bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: T.defaultIdentifier)
    }
}
let tableView: UITableView = UITableView()
tableView.register(TestTableViewCell.self)
let viewCells = [TestTableViewCell.self]
// Without type annotation, it's [UITableViewCell.Type]
// And the error is: Instance method 'register' requires that 'UITableViewCell' conform to 'Reusable'

for viewCell in viewCells {
    tableView.register(viewCell)
}

This code successfully executes.

Answer 3

Hope you are happy with this. The key is Self keyword in protocol.

protocol Reusable: class {
    static var defaultIdentifier: String { get }
    static func register(tableView: UITableView)
}

extension Reusable where Self: UITableViewCell {
    static var defaultIdentifier: String {
        return String(describing: self)
    }

    static func register(tableView: UITableView) {
        tableView.register(UINib(nibName: Self.defaultIdentifier, bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: Self.defaultIdentifier)
    }
}

extension UITableView {
    func register(_ reusable: Reusable.Type) {
        reusable.register(tableView: self)
    }
}

let viewCells: [Reusable.Type] = [TestTableViewCell.self, AnotherTestTableViewCell.self]

for viewCell in viewCells {
    tableView.register(viewCell)
}

I recommend you to read the following links:

• Known issues of metatypes
• Why can't I pass a Protocol.Type to a generic T.Type parameter?
• Metatype Type on Language Reference

Answer 4

Simply use this table view extension method to register the cell.

 extension UITableView {
     func registerCell<T: UITableViewCell>(cellType: T.Type) {
        let nib = UINib(nibName: String(describing: cellType.self), bundle: nil)
        let reuseIdentifier = String(describing: cellType.self)
        self.register(nib, forCellReuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
     }
} 

And use it like so

 let tableView: UITableView = UITableView()
    let cellsArray = [Test.self, Test1.self, Test2.self]
    for cell in cellsArray {
        tableView.registerCell(cellType: cell)
    }