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You can extend any class or struct to add struct JediKnight { } Swift behaves differently depending on whether
custom methods, like this: you declare methods in your protocol. To show
extension JediKnight: ForceUser { } this, here’s a protocol method commented out:
extension UIView {
func disappear() { In that example, the JediKnight struct inherits protocol Targetable {
UIView.animate(withDuration: 3) the method implementation from ForceUser. // func takeDamage()
{ [unowned self] in }
self.transform = You can also provide new implementations
CGAffineTransform(scaleX: 0.001, y: inside your struct, overriding the default And here’s a default implementation:
0.001) implementation:
} extension Targetable {
} extension JediKnight: ForceUser { func takeDamage() {
} func turnToDarkSide() -> Bool { print(“I’m hit!”)
return true }
You can also define your own protocols that } }
include method stubs: }
This struct has its own implementation:
protocol ForceUser { You can constrain your code to add functionality
func turnToDarkSide() -> Bool to an object that conforms to a protocol if and struct XWing: Targetable {
only if it conforms to another protocol: func takeDamage() {
}
print(“I need the Force!”)
That’s all basic Swift functionality. What POP protocol HasNaughtyTendencies { } }
lets you do is attach default functionality to your }
protocol methods, like this: struct SithLord: ForceUser,
HasNaughtyTendencies { } Despite the custom implementation, this will
extension ForceUser { print “I’m hit” three times:
func turnToDarkSide() -> Bool { extension ForceUser where Self:
return false HasNaughtyTendencies { let fighters: [Targetable] =
} func zapPeople() { [XWing(), XWing(), XWing()]
} print(“Zap!”)
} fighters.forEach { $0.takeDamage() }
If you have default implementations for your }
protocol, then you can make any class, struct, or If you uncomment the method in the protocol
enum conform to it easily. that will change to “I need the Force!”

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