Default value for Enum in Swift

Question

I have an enum :

public enum PersonType:String {

 case Cool                       = \"cool\"
 case Nice                       = \"rude\"
 case          


        

Answer 1

For you case:

Default Value of Enum: I just add an default computed property, Or include an customize init.

public enum PersonType:String {

    case Cool                       = "cool"
    case Nice                       = "rude"
    case SoLazy                     = "so-lazy"

    /// add a `default` computer property
    public static var `default`: PersonType {
        return .SoLazy
    }

    /// add an customize init function 
    public init(person: String? = nil) {
        if let person = person {
            switch person {
            case "cool": self = .Cool
            case "rude": self = .Nice
            case "so-lazy": self = .SoLazy
            default: self = .SoLazy
            }
        } else {
            self = .SoLazy
        }
    }

    public var description: String {
        switch self {
        case .Cool:
            return "Cool person"
        case .Nice:
            return "Nice person"
        case .SoLazy:
            return "its so lazy person"
        }
    }

    public var typeImage: String {
        switch self {
        case .Cool:
            return "cool.png"
        case .Nice:
            return "img_nice.png"
        case .SoLazy:
            return "lazy.png"
        }
    }

}

To use:

if let personType = PersonType(rawValue:personTypeKey ?? "") {
    self.personType = personType
} else {
    self.personType = PersonType.default
}

Or

if let personType = PersonType(rawValue:personTypeKey ?? "") {
    self.personType = personType
} else {
    self.personType = PersonType()
}

Default Value of Enum With Associated Value:

public enum Gender {
    case man
    case woman
}

public enum PersonType {

    case cool(Gender)
    case nice(Gender)
    case soLazy(Gender)

    public static var `default`: PersonType {
        return PersonType.make.soLazy()
    }

    public enum Builder {
        public static func cool() -> PersonType {
            return PersonType.cool(.woman)
        }
        public static func nice() -> PersonType {
            return PersonType.nice(.woman)
        }
        public static func soLazy() -> PersonType {
            return PersonType.soLazy(.woman)
        }
    }

    public static var make: PersonType.Builder.Type {
        return PersonType.Builder.self
    }


    public var description: String {
        switch self {
        case .cool(let gender):
            switch gender {
            case .man: return "Cool boy"
            case .woman: return "Cool girl"
            }
        case .nice(let gender):
            switch gender {
            case .man: return "Nice boy"
            case .woman: return "Nice girl"
            }
        case .soLazy(let gender):
            switch gender {
            case .man: return "its so lazy boy"
            case .woman: return "its so lazy girl"
            }
        }
    }

    public var typeImage: String {
        switch self {
        case .cool(_):
            return "cool.png"
        case .nice(_):
            return "img_nice.png"
        case .soLazy(_):
            return "lazy.png"
        }
    }

}

To use:

let onePersonType = PersonType.default
let anotherPersonType = PersonType.make.soLazy()

The second case solution I was found on Ilya Puchka' blog. And also it's mentioned in swift's proposal.