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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

By : Jon Hoffman
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Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

Swift Protocol-Oriented Programming

By: Jon Hoffman

Overview of this book

Protocol-oriented programming is an incredibly powerful concept at the heart of Swift's design. Swift's standard library was developed using POP techniques, generics, and first-class value semantics; therefore, it is important for every Swift developer to understand these core concepts and take advantage of them. The fourth edition of this book is improved and updated to the latest version of the Swift programming language. This book will help you understand what protocol-oriented programming is all about and how it is different from other programming paradigms such as object-oriented programming. This book covers topics such as generics, Copy-On-Write, extensions, and of course protocols. It also demonstrates how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques via real-world use cases. By the end of this book, you will know how to use protocol-oriented programming techniques to build powerful and practical applications.
Table of Contents (11 chapters)
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Conforming to the Equatable protocol

In this section, we will show how we can conform to the Equatable protocol using extensions. When a type conforms to the Equatable protocol, we can use the equal-to (==) operator to compare for equality, and the not-equal-to (!=) operator to compare for inequality.

If you are comparing instances of a custom type, it is a good idea to have that type conform to the Equatable protocol because it makes comparing instances very easy.

Let's start off by creating the type that we will compare. We will name this type Place:

struct Place { 
    let id: String 
    let latitude: Double  
    let longitude: Double 
} 

In the Place type, we have three properties, which represent the ID of the place and the latitude and longitude coordinates for its location. If there are two instances of the Place type that have the same ID and coordinates, then...

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