Generic parameter 'T' could not be inferred

问题

I'm refactoring my code and adding support for Swift generics. I'm stuck with a compiler error. My code is:

func dequeueReusableViewController<T: UIViewController where T: Reusable>() -> T {
        // Try to fetch view controller from the reuse queue.
        if !self.viewControllerReuseQueue.isEmpty {
            return self.viewControllerReuseQueue.popFirst()! as! T
        }

        // Ask delegate to instantiate a new view controller.
        return delegate!.reusableViewControllerForPageViewController(self)
}

This compiles smoothly. Then, later, when I try to dequeue a view controller:

// Get view controller from the reuse queue.
let viewController: UIViewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController()

I'm getting an error:

Generic parameter 'T' could not be inferred

How can I solve this? I checked similar questions on SO but none of them describes my case.

回答1:

The type cannot be inferred when calling a generic function returning a generic type without specifying the type of the variable you are assigning to or casting the call to the function. You can do:

let viewController: SomeViewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController()

let viewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController() as SomeViewController

I would recommend the first option unless the second is required (needing to assign to an optional for example).

回答2:

There is no way the compiler know what type T is as you do not infer it.

You could force the method to know about type T:

func dequeueReusableViewController<T: UIViewController where T: Reusable>(type: T.Type) -> T?

// ...

let viewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController(YourViewController)

Alternatively, and somewhat neater you could let the variable do the work:

func dequeueReusableViewController<T: UIViewController where T: Reusable>() -> T?

// ...

let viewController: YourViewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController()

Either way you need to provide some help to let the compiler know what you're dealing with.

回答3:

Should work if you are using like below example

protocol Reusable {
    func someMethod()
}

class VC: UIViewController, Reusable {

   func someMethod() {
    //Implement
   }

}

class Dequeuer {

    var viewControllerReuseQueue = [VC(),VC(),VC()]

    func dequeueReusableViewController<T: UIViewController where T: Reusable>() -> T? {
    // Try to fetch view controller from the reuse queue.
    return viewControllerReuseQueue.first as? T
  }

}

let vc: VC? = Dequeuer().dequeueReusableViewController()
print(vc)

GENERICS -

let viewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController()

is just storing the value in viewController but the type of viewController is unknown thats why it is showing you Generic parameter 'T' could not be inferred

Try let viewController: UIViewController = self.dequeueReusableViewController()

Then T will get inferred from the type UIViewController.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35157253/generic-parameter-t-could-not-be-inferred

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