Use this tag only for questions directly pertaining to the Swift standard Encodable protocol
It is the standardized protocol (defined by Swift standard library) for type that can encode itself to an external representation
Questions tagged [encodable]
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Swift 4 - Cannot invoke 'encode' with an argument list of type '(Codable)'
I have built a set of API functions which encode an object (using a Struct which conforms to Codable), then Posts the resulting JSON Data object to a server, then decodes the JSON response. All works fine - especially happy with the new method for…
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Swift Codable: Is it possible to encode a structure one level up from within its own "encode(to:)" function?
I'm using a protocol to encode the conforming structures:
protocol RequestParameters: Encodable {
}
extension RequestParameters {
func dataEncoding() -> Data? {
guard let data = try? JSONEncoder().encode(self) else { return nil }
…
Pochi
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Error Making Entity Relationship Encodable/ Decodable
How to encode/decode NSOrderedSet variable in swift4 codable while mapping with coredata NSManagedObject?
import CoreData
import Foundation
@objc(TestObject)
public class TestObject:NSManagedObject,Encodable
{
@nonobjc public class func…
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using Anyobject with Codable in Swift 4
I am trying to parse JSON using Codable in swift 4. My concern is
public class entStatusAndDescription : NSObject {
var status : Int?
var statusDescription : String?
var records : AnyObject?
}
I want the above entity to be codable…
shravan agrawal
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Encodable var in encodable struct
I want to create a struct that will contain a dictionary of encodable items, and itself be encodable. This is because I don't know the exact data structure, it will depend on connected database. I tried to do something like this:
struct UserInfo:…
Damian Dudycz
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Swift custom encode for encoding Int time like pretty string
I have a custom object stored in a Struct:
struct Event {
let type: String
let value: String
let time: Int
}
where time is a UnixTime in millis. In the App I have a scrollable text field when I print this event in json format
{
"type" :…
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Add Encodable extension to Swift nested enum
I want to encode instances of the existing NWInterface class which has a type field of type NWInterface.InterfaceType which is an enum.
Is there a way to easily add the Encodable interface to that nested type? At the moment my workaround is to…
Alnitak
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JSONEncoder encodes nil values when dealing with generic types
Summary: JSONEncoder unexpectedly encodes nil values as null when working with generic types that wrap over a protocol.
Here's a short code that reproduces the problem:
protocol Event {
associatedtype Contents: Encodable
var name: String {…
Cristik
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Swift: Using multiple CodingKey types for the same Encodable struct
I'm struggling to write a single function that encodes the following struct:
struct Lookup: Encodable {
var id: Int
var name: String
enum StateCodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case id = "stateId"
case name =…
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How to save a CapturedRoom using NSCoder
I'm trying to build an app that creates a floor plan of a room. I used ARWorldMap with ARPlaneAnchors for this but I recently discovered the Beta version of the RoomPlan API, which seems to lead to far better results.
However, I used te be able to…
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Is it possible to force encode Date as Date type instead of string?
I am trying to mock Apollo Queries using its init. It pretty much is taking in a dictionary to build the object up.
public init(unsafeResultMap: [String: Any]) {
self.resultMap = unsafeResultMap
}
So, I have decided to create Mock objects that…
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Codable property within Struct doesn't allow the Struct to conform to Codable
I have a struct that I need to conform to 'Codable'. The struct itself must have an object within it that can also conform to 'Codable'. However, this prevents the struct from conforming to 'Codable'itself.
Example:
import Foundation
struct…
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Swift codable recursive enum with dynamic keys
I am trying to write a struct for dynamic data. The keys of the data are unknown as are their values. The struct looks like so:
enum EntryData: Codable {
case string(String)
case array([EntryData]
case nested([String: EntryData])
}
struct…
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How to convert an array of multiple object types to JSON without missing any object attribute in Swift?
In my iOS Swift project, I need to convert objects to JSON.
I have one simple class:
class Car : Encodable
{
var brand: String
init(brand: String)
{
self.brand = brand
}
}
and one subclass:
class SUVCar : Car
{
var…
matteoh
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How to decode single unusual property among many Decodable Swift?
I have a struct conforming to Decodable. It has 50 String properties and only one Bool. That bool is coming from server like a string "false"/"true" or sometimes like as integer 0/1, so cannot be decoded from the box. How can I make it decoding but…
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