我有一组不同的结构,都实现了Equatable协议,我试图将它传递给一个需要T.Iterator.Element:Equatable集合的函数.我知道如何通过使用类来解决这个问题,只需创建一个类:Vehicle:Identifiable,Equatable,然后使Car和Tractor实现Vehicle.但是,我想知道使用结构和协议是否可行?
这是我正在尝试做的一个人为的例子
- //: Playground - noun: a place where people can play
- protocol Identifiable {
- var ID: String { get set }
- init(ID: String)
- init()
- }
- extension Identifiable {
- init(ID: String) {
- self.init()
- self.ID = ID
- }
- }
- typealias Vehicle = Identifiable & Equatable
- struct Car: Vehicle {
- var ID: String
- init() {
- ID = ""
- }
- public static func ==(lhs: Car,rhs: Car) -> Bool {
- return lhs.ID == rhs.ID
- }
- }
- struct Tractor: Vehicle {
- var ID: String
- init() {
- ID = ""
- }
- public static func ==(lhs: Tractor,rhs: Tractor) -> Bool {
- return lhs.ID == rhs.ID
- }
- }
- class Operator {
- func operationOnCollectionOfEquatables<T: Collection>(array: T) where T.Iterator.Element: Equatable {
- }
- }
- var array = [Vehicle]() //Protocol 'Equatable' can only be used as a generic constraint because Self or associated type requirements
- array.append(Car(ID:"VW"))
- array.append(Car(ID:"Porsche"))
- array.append(Tractor(ID:"John Deere"))
- array.append(Tractor(ID:"Steyr"))
- var op = Operator()
- op.operationOnCollectionOfEquatables(array: array) //Generic parameter 'T' could not be inferred
问题是,正如错误所述,您不能将具有Self或相关类型要求的协议用作实际类型 – 因为您丢失了这些要求的类型信息.在这种情况下,您将丢失==实现的参数的类型信息 – 正如Equatable所说,它们必须与符合类型(即Self)的类型相同.
解决方案几乎总是构建一个type eraser.如果期望类型相等,如果它们的id属性相等,这可以像存储id属性并在==实现中进行比较一样简单.
- struct AnyVehicle : Equatable {
- static func ==(lhs: AnyVehicle,rhs: AnyVehicle) -> Bool {
- return lhs.id == rhs.id
- }
- let id : String
- init<T : Vehicle>(_ base: T) {
- id = base.id
- }
- }
(注意我将您的ID属性重命名为id以符合Swift命名约定)
但是,更通用的解决方案是在类型擦除器中存储一个函数,它可以在类型转换后根据它们的==实现比较两个任意的车辆符合实例,以确保它们与类型橡皮擦的具体类型相同是用.创建的.
- struct AnyVehicle : Equatable {
- static func ==(lhs: AnyVehicle,rhs: AnyVehicle) -> Bool {
- // forward to both lhs's and rhs's _isEqual in order to determine equality.
- // the reason that both must be called is to preserve symmetry for when a
- // superclass is being compared with a subclass.
- // if you know you're always working with value types,you can omit one of them.
- return lhs._isEqual(rhs) || rhs._isEqual(lhs)
- }
- let base: Identifiable
- private let _isEqual: (_ to: AnyVehicle) -> Bool
- init<T : Vehicle>(_ base: T) {
- self.base = base
- _isEqual = {
- // attempt to cast the passed instance to the concrete type that
- // AnyVehicle was initialised with,returning the result of that
- // type's == implementation,or false otherwise.
- if let other = $0.base as? T {
- return base == other
- } else {
- return false
- }
- }
- }
- }
- print(AnyVehicle(Car(id: "foo")) == AnyVehicle(Tractor(id: "foo"))) // false
- print(AnyVehicle(Car(id: "foo")) == AnyVehicle(Car(id: "bar"))) // false
- print(AnyVehicle(Car(id: "foo")) == AnyVehicle(Car(id: "foo"))) // true
- var array = [AnyVehicle]()
- array.append(AnyVehicle(Car(id: "VW")))
- array.append(AnyVehicle(Car(id: "Porsche")))
- array.append(AnyVehicle(Tractor(id: "John Deere")))
- array.append(AnyVehicle(Tractor(id: "Steyr")))
- var op = Operator()
- // compiles fine as AnyVehicle conforms to Equatable.
- op.operationOnCollectionOfEquatables(array: array)