Accessing an Enumeration association value in Swift

Question

In this code I\'ve written a really useless enum that defines a possible Number with Int or Float.

I can\'t understand how can I access the value that

Answer 1

It surprises me that Swift 2 (as of beta 2) does not address this. Here's an example of a workaround approach for now:

enum TestAssociatedValue {
  case One(Int)
  case Two(String)
  case Three(AnyObject)

  func associatedValue() -> Any {
    switch self {
    case .One(let value):
      return value
    case .Two(let value):
      return value
    case .Three(let value):
      return value
    }
  }
}

let one = TestAssociatedValue.One(1)
let oneValue = one.associatedValue() // 1
let two = TestAssociatedValue.Two("two")
let twoValue = two.associatedValue() // two

class ThreeClass {
  let someValue = "Hello world!"
}

let three = TestMixed.Three(ThreeClass())
let threeValue = three. associatedValue() as! ThreeClass
print(threeValue.someValue)

If your enum mixes cases with and without associated values, you'll need to make the return type an optional. You could also return literals for some cases (that do not have associated values), mimicking raw-value typed enums. And you could even return the enum value itself for non-associated, non-raw-type cases. For example:

enum TestMixed {
  case One(Int)
  case Two(String)
  case Three(AnyObject)
  case Four
  case Five

  func value() -> Any? {
    switch self {
    case .One(let value):
      return value
    case .Two(let value):
      return value
    case .Three(let value):
      return value
    case .Four:
      return 4
    case .Five:
      return TestMixed.Five
    }
  }
}

let one = TestMixed.One(1)
let oneValue = one.value() // 1
let two = TestMixed.Two("two")
let twoValue = two.value() // two

class ThreeClass {
  let someValue = "Hello world!"
}

let three = TestMixed.Three(ThreeClass())
let threeValue = three.value() as! ThreeClass
print(threeValue.someValue)

let four = TestMixed.Four
let fourValue = four.value() // 4

let five = TestMixed.Five
let fiveValue = five.value() as! TestMixed

switch fiveValue {
case TestMixed.Five:
  print("It is")
default:
  print("It's not")
}
// Prints "It is"