Swift Struct doesn't conform to protocol Equatable?
Swift 4.1 (and above) Updated answer:
Starting from Swift 4.1, all you have to is to conform to the Equatable
protocol without the need of implementing the ==
method. See: SE-0185 - Synthesizing Equatable and Hashable conformance.
Example:
struct MyStruct: Equatable { var id: Int var value: String}let obj1 = MyStruct(id: 101, value: "object")let obj2 = MyStruct(id: 101, value: "object")obj1 == obj2 // true
Keep in mind that the default behavior for the ==
is to compare all the type properties (based on the example: lhs.id == rhs.id && lhs.value == rhs.value
). If you are aiming to achieve a custom behavior (comparing only one property for instance), you have to do it by yourself:
struct MyStruct: Equatable { var id: Int var value: String}extension MyStruct { static func ==(lhs: MyStruct, rhs: MyStruct) -> Bool { return lhs.id == rhs.id }}let obj1 = MyStruct(id: 101, value: "obj1")let obj2 = MyStruct(id: 101, value: "obj2")obj1 == obj2 // true
At this point, the equality would be based on the id
value, regardless of what's the value of value
.
OK, after lots of searching, it's working...
struct MyStruct { var id: Int var value: String init(id: Int, value: String) { self.id = id self.value = value } var description: String { return "blablabla" }}extension MyStruct: Equatable {}func ==(lhs: MyStruct, rhs: MyStruct) -> Bool { let areEqual = lhs.id == rhs.id && lhs.value == rhs.value return areEqual}
My Struct was in a class, so it didn't work.. I moved this Struct out of my class and now it's good :)
The issue isn't that the struct is within a class. That is certainly allowable, and there are many instances where you might want to do that. The issue is in the implementation of the Equatable protocol. You have to give a global implementation of == (which you have done), but there is no entity MyStruct....it is ParentClass.MyStruct (if the struct is defined within a parent class). The example below in itself is probably not a good example in this case, but it does show how you can do this if needed.
class ParentClass { struct MyStruct { var id: Int var value: String init(id: Int, value: String) { self.id = id self.value = value } var description: String { return "blablabla" } }}extension ParentClass.MyStruct: Equatable {}func ==(lhs: ParentClass.MyStruct, rhs: ParentClass.MyStruct) -> Bool { let areEqual = lhs.id == rhs.id && lhs.value == rhs.value return areEqual}let s1 = ParentClass.MyStruct(id: 1, value: "one")let s2 = ParentClass.MyStruct(id: 2, value: "two")let s3 = ParentClass.MyStruct(id: 1, value: "one")s1.description //blablablas1 == s2 //falses3 == s1 //true
Note: I like to implement Comparable rather than just Equatable, which will allow you to support sorting and other functionality.