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Swift 3 Object-Oriented Programming

You're reading from   Swift 3 Object-Oriented Programming Implement object-oriented programming paradigms with Swift 3.0 and mix them with modern functional programming techniques to build powerful real-world applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781787120396
Length 370 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Swift 3 ObjectOriented Programming - Second Edition
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Preface
1. Objects from the Real World to the Playground FREE CHAPTER 2. Structures, Classes, and Instances 3. Encapsulation of Data with Properties 4. Inheritance, Abstraction, and Specialization 5. Contract Programming with Protocols 6. Maximization of Code Reuse with Generic Code 7. Object-Oriented and Functional Programming 8. Extending and Building Object-Oriented Code 9. Exercise Answers

Declaring a protocol to be used as a constraint


We will create an AnimalProtocol protocol to specify the requirements that a type must meet in order to be considered an animal. Then, we will create an Animal base class that conforms to this protocol, and then, we will specialize this class in three subclasses: Dog, Frog, and Lion. Then, we will create a Party class that will be able to work with the instances of any class that conforms to the AnimalProtocol protocol through generics. We will work with a party of dogs, a party of frogs, and a party of lions.

Then, we will create a DeeJayProtocol protocol and generate a HorseDeeJay class that conforms to this new protocol. We will create a subclass of the Party class named PartyWithDeeJay, which will use generics to work with the instances of any type that conforms to the AnimalProtocol protocol and the instances of any type that conforms to the DeeJaypProtocol interface. We will work with a party of dogs with a DJ.

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In this case, we will...

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