How to loop over struct properties in Swift?

Question

Is it possible to iterate over properties of a struct in Swift?

I need to register cells-reuse identifiers in a view controller that makes use of many different cel

Answer 1

Here is an example of iterating over struct properties (reuse identifiers of UITableViewCells and the corresponding NIB-names) using Swifts tuple feature. This is useful if you like organizing your cells in nib files and have a UIViewController that makes use of many different cell types.

struct ReuseID {
  static let prepaidRechargeCreditCell = "PrepaidRechargeCreditCell"
  static let threeTitledIconCell = "ThreeTitledIconCell"
  static let usageCell = "UsageCell"
  static let detailsCell = "DetailsCell"
  static let phoneNumberCell = "PhoneNumberCell"

  static let nibNamePrepaidRechargeCreditCell = "PrepaidRechargeCreditCell"
  static let nibNameThreeTitledIconCell = "IconCellWith3Titles"
  static let nibNameUsageCell = "ListElementRingViewCell"
  static let nibNameDetailsCell = "ListElementStandardViewCell"
  static let nibNamePhoneNumberCell = "PhoneNumberCell"

  static let allValuesAndNibNames = [
    (ReuseID.prepaidRechargeCreditCell, ReuseID.nibNamePrepaidRechargeCreditCell),          
    (ReuseID.threeTitledIconCell, ReuseID.nibNameThreeTitledIconCell), 
    (ReuseID.usageCell, ReuseID.nibNameUsageCell), 
    (ReuseID.detailsCell, ReuseID.nibNameDetailsCell), 
    (ReuseID.phoneNumberCell, ReuseID.nibNamePhoneNumberCell)]
}

With that struct it is easy to register all cell types using a for-loop:

for (reuseID, nibName) in ReuseID.allValuesAndNibNames {
    if let xibPath = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource(nibName, ofType: "nib") {
        let fileName = xibPath.lastPathComponent.stringByDeletingPathExtension
        self.tableView.registerNib(UINib(nibName: fileName, bundle: nil), forCellReuseIdentifier: reuseID)

    } else {
        assertionFailure("Didn't find prepaidRechargeCreditCell