Swift 4 Decodable - Dictionary with enum as key

Question

My data structure has an enum as a key, I would expect the below to decode automatically. Is this a bug or some configuration issue?

import Foundation

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Answer 1

In order to solve your problem, you can use one of the two following Playground code snippets.

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#1. Using Decodable's init(from:) initializer

import Foundation

enum AnEnum: String, Codable {
    case enumValue
}

struct AStruct {
    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case dictionary
    }
    enum EnumKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case enumValue
    }

    let dictionary: [AnEnum: String]
}

extension AStruct: Decodable {

    init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        let dictContainer = try container.nestedContainer(keyedBy: EnumKeys.self, forKey: .dictionary)

        var dictionary = [AnEnum: String]()
        for enumKey in dictContainer.allKeys {
            guard let anEnum = AnEnum(rawValue: enumKey.rawValue) else {
                let context = DecodingError.Context(codingPath: [], debugDescription: "Could not parse json key to an AnEnum object")
                throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(context)
            }
            let value = try dictContainer.decode(String.self, forKey: enumKey)
            dictionary[anEnum] = value
        }
        self.dictionary = dictionary
    }

}

Usage:

let jsonString = """
{
  "dictionary" : {
    "enumValue" : "someString"
  }
}
"""

let data = jsonString.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let aStruct = try! decoder.decode(AStruct.self, from: data)
dump(aStruct)

/*
 prints:
 ▿ __lldb_expr_148.AStruct
   ▿ dictionary: 1 key/value pair
     ▿ (2 elements)
       - key: __lldb_expr_148.AnEnum.enumValue
       - value: "someString"
 */

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#2. Using KeyedDecodingContainerProtocol's decode(_:forKey:) method

import Foundation

public enum AnEnum: String, Codable {
    case enumValue
}

struct AStruct: Decodable {
    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case dictionary
    }

    let dictionary: [AnEnum: String]
}

public extension KeyedDecodingContainer  {

    public func decode(_ type: [AnEnum: String].Type, forKey key: Key) throws -> [AnEnum: String] {
        let stringDictionary = try self.decode([String: String].self, forKey: key)
        var dictionary = [AnEnum: String]()

        for (key, value) in stringDictionary {
            guard let anEnum = AnEnum(rawValue: key) else {
                let context = DecodingError.Context(codingPath: codingPath, debugDescription: "Could not parse json key to an AnEnum object")
                throw DecodingError.dataCorrupted(context)
            }
            dictionary[anEnum] = value
        }

        return dictionary
    }

}

Usage:

let jsonString = """
{
  "dictionary" : {
    "enumValue" : "someString"
  }
}
"""

let data = jsonString.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let aStruct = try! decoder.decode(AStruct.self, from: data)
dump(aStruct)

/*
 prints:
 ▿ __lldb_expr_148.AStruct
   ▿ dictionary: 1 key/value pair
     ▿ (2 elements)
       - key: __lldb_expr_148.AnEnum.enumValue
       - value: "someString"
 */