Automatic JSON serialization and deserialization of objects in Swift

Question

I\'m looking for a way to automatically serialize and deserialize class instances in Swift. Let\'s assume we have defined the following class …

class Person          


        

Answer 1

You can achieve this by using ObjectMapper library. It'll give you more control on variable names and the values and the prepared JSON. After adding this library extend the Mappable class and define mapping(map: Map) function.

For example

   class User: Mappable {
       var id: Int?
       var name: String?

       required init?(_ map: Map) {

       }

       // Mapping code
       func mapping(map: Map) {
          name    <- map["name"]
          id      <- map["id"]
       }

    }

Use it like below

   let user = Mapper().map(JSONString)