Making deep copy of UIImage

Question

My class contains an UIImage property which I want to enforce as a \'copy\' property by any external clients accessing it. But, when I try to do a copy in my custom setter,

Answer 1

Code for Swift 5.1:

    let imageToCopy = <# your_image #>
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(imageToCopy.size)
    imageToCopy.draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: imageToCopy.size.width, height: imageToCopy.size.height))
    let copiedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()