Generic controller in swift 2.0 using storyboards

Question

Im trying to create a GenericListController for my app.

I have a ProductListController that extend this generic controller which extends UIViewController. I have

Answer 1

Ill post some code i have archieved with help from user R menke and others. My goal is to have a GenericListProtocol that can handle UISearchBarDelegate, UITableViewDelegate and my getData method (which needs a type class to be able to correctly parse json.

import Foundation
import UIKit

protocol GenericListProtocol : UISearchBarDelegate, UITableViewDelegate{
    typealias T : MyModel // MyModel is a model i use for getId, getDate...
    var list : [T] { get set }
    var filteredlist : [T] { get set }

    var searchActive : Bool { get set }

    func setData(tableView : UITableView, myList : [T])

    func setData()

    func getData(tableView : UITableView, objectType : T, var myList : [T])

    func filterContentForSearchText(searchText: String)

}

extension GenericListProtocol {

  func setData(atableView : UITableView, myList : [T]) {
    print("reloading tableView data")
    atableView.reloadData()
  }

  func getData(tableView : UITableView, objectType : T, var myList : [T]) {

    let dao: GenericDao = GenericDao()
    let view : UIView = UIView()

    let c: CallListListener = CallListListener(view: view, loadingLabel: "loading", save: true, name: "ProductModel")

    c.onSuccess = { (onSuccess: JsonMessageList) in
        print("status " + onSuccess._meta!.status!) // this is from my ws

        myList = onSuccess.records

        self.setData(tableView, myList: myList)
    }

    c.onFinally = { (any: AnyObject) in
      //  tableView.stopPullToRefresh()
    }

   // my dao saves json list on NSUSER, so we check if its already downloaded 
    let savedList = c.getDefaultList()
    if (savedList == nil) {
        dao.getAll(c);
    }
    else {
         myList = savedList!
        print(String(myList.count))
        self.setData(tableView, myList: myList)

    }


  }

  func searchBarTextDidBeginEditing(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
    searchActive = true;
  }

  func searchBarTextDidEndEditing(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
    searchActive = false;
  }

  func searchBarCancelButtonClicked(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
    searchActive = false;
  }

  func searchBarSearchButtonClicked(searchBar: UISearchBar) {
    searchActive = false;
  }

  func searchBar(searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {
    print("searching")
    self.filterContentForSearchText(searchText)
    if(filteredlist.count == 0){
        searchActive = false;
    } else {
        searchActive = true;
    }
     self.setData()
  }



}

Although i was able to implement most UISearchBarDelegate, UITableViewDelegate methods, i still have to implement 2 of them on my default class:

import Foundation
import UIKit
import EVReflection
import AlamofireJsonToObjects

class ProductListController : GenericListController, GenericListProtocol { 

  @IBOutlet weak var searchBar: UISearchBar!
  @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView!


  var list : [ProductModel] = [ProductModel]()
  var filteredlist : [ProductModel] = [ProductModel]()
  var searchActive : Bool = false


   override func setInit() {
    self.searchBar.delegate = self
    self.listName = "ProductModel"
    self.setTableViewStyle(self.tableView, searchBar4 : self.searchBar)
    getData(self.tableView, objectType: ProductModel(), myList: self.list)
  }

  // this method hasnt worked from extension, so i just pasted it here
  func searchBar(searchBar: UISearchBar, textDidChange searchText: String) {

    self.filterContentForSearchText(searchText)
    if(filteredlist.count == 0){
        searchActive = false;
    } else {
        searchActive = true;
    }
    self.setData(self.tableView, myList: list)
  }

  // this method hasnt worked from extension, so i just pasted it here
  func tableView(tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {

    if searchActive {
        return self.filteredlist.count
    } else {
        return self.list.count
    }
  }

  // self.list = myList hasnt worked from extension, so i just pasted it here
  func setData(atableView: UITableView, myList : [ProductModel]) {
    print(String(myList.count))
    self.list = myList
    print(String(self.list.count))
    self.tableView.reloadData()
  }

  // i decided to implement this method because of the tableView
  func setData() {
    self.tableView.reloadData()
  }


  // this method hasnt worked from extension, so i just pasted it here
  func tableView(tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAtIndexPath indexPath: NSIndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell:GenericListCell = tableView.dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier("cell") as! GenericListCell


    var object : ProductModel
    if searchActive {
        object = filteredlist[indexPath.row]
    } else {
        object = list[indexPath.row]
    }

    cell.formatData(object.name!, subtitle: object.price ?? "valor", char: object.name!)
    print("returning cell")


    return cell

  }


  override func viewDidLoad() {
   //         searchFuckinBar.delegate = self
    super.viewDidLoad()


    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
  }


   func filterContentForSearchText(searchText: String) {
    // Filter the array using the filter method
    self.filteredlist = self.list.filter({( object: ProductModel) -> Bool in
        // let categoryMatch = (scope == "All") || (object.category == scope)
        let stringMatch = object.name!.lowercaseString.rangeOfString(searchText.lowercaseString)
        return  (stringMatch != nil)
    })
  }

    func formatCell(cell : GenericListCell, object : ProductModel) {
    cell.formatData(object.name!, subtitle: object.price ?? "valor", char: object.name!)
  }

  override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
    super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
  }
} 

*GenericListController is just a UIViewController with some helper methods