Swift class array with enum

Question

I just read the Apple Documentation regarding enums but I'm still somewhat confused.

Say I have the class named Employee. I want the class employee to have an array of tasks (I guess best option is [String]). But I want each task to have a status that's either .Complete or .Incomplete.

I could have another property inside Tasks called taskName, but I think it's easier to just make the Array store Strings

Here's what I thought so far to write:

class Employee {
    class Tasks: Array { // Or [String], I have no idea
        enum Status {
            case Complete
            case Incomplete
        }
    }

    var tasks: Tasks

    init?() {
        self.tasks = Tasks()
    }
}

// Then I guess Employee.tasks[0].Status should work

I know that it's most likely wrong. So how should I do it?

You can check the link in documentation for Enumerations: stackoverflow.com/documentation/swift/224/enums/822/… — Idan
– Idan, Commented Jul 23, 2016 at 10:50

Naveen Kumar H S · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-23 10:37:16Z

1

Here is the simple way how you can do.

//Employee Class with Array of Task
class Employee {
    var tasks: [Task]
    init(tasks: [Task]) {
        self.tasks = tasks
    }
}

//Task Class has the status
class Task {
    var status:Status
    var taskName: String
    init(status: Status, taskName: String) {
        self.status = status
        self.taskName = taskName
    }
}

//Status is an enum
enum Status {
    case Complete
    case Incomplete
}

And here is the simple test code...

//Testing 
let task1 = Task(status: Status.Complete, taskName: "First Task")
let task2 = Task(status: Status.Incomplete, taskName: "Second Task")
let employee = Employee(tasks: [task1, task2])

print(employee.tasks[0].status) //Prints -->> Complete
print(employee.tasks[1].taskName)//Prints -->> Second Task

edited Jul 23, 2016 at 10:37

answered Jul 23, 2016 at 10:16

Naveen Kumar H S

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2 Comments

Lawrence413 Over a year ago

So if I also want a string with the task, all I need to do is add var taskName: String in Task and then I could access employee.tasks[0].taskName, right?

Naveen Kumar H S Over a year ago

Yes you can do... I have edited the answer check out... @Lawrence413

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