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DefaultStringConvertible

Build Status Version Status license MIT codecov Platform Carthage compatible

A default CustomStringConvertible implementation for Swift types

About

Never implement var description: String again. Simply import DefaultStringConvertible and conform to CustomStringConvertible and get a default type description for free.

This micro-library is based on this post from Erica Sadun.

Requirements

  • Swift 3
  • Xcode 8
  • iOS 8.0+
  • macOS 10.10+
  • tvOS 9.0+
  • watchOS 2.0+
  • Ubuntu 14.04+

Installation

CocoaPods (recommended)

use_frameworks!

# For latest release in cocoapods
pod 'DefaultStringConvertible'

# Feeling adventurous? Get the latest on develop
pod 'DefaultStringConvertible', :git => 'https://github.com/jessesquires/DefaultStringConvertible.git', :branch => 'develop'
github "jessesquires/DefaultStringConvertible"

Add DefaultStringConvertible as a dependency to your Package.swift. For example:

let package = Package(
    name: "YourPackageName",
    dependencies: [
        .Package(url: "https://github.com/jessesquires/DefaultStringConvertible.git", majorVersion: 2)
    ]
)

Documentation

Read the docs. Generated with jazzy. Hosted by GitHub Pages.

Generate

$ ./build_docs.sh

Preview

$ open index.html -a Safari

Getting Started

import DefaultStringConvertible

class MyClass: CustomStringConvertible {
    // ...

    // You *do not* need to implement `var description: String`
    // by importing `DefaultStringConvertible`, you get a default `description` for free
}

Unit tests

There's a suite of unit tests for DefaultStringConvertible. Run them from Xcode by opening DefaultStringConvertible.xcodeproj.

Contribute

Please follow these sweet contribution guidelines.

Credits

Created and maintained by @jesse_squires.

License

DefaultStringConvertible is released under an MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Copyright © 2016-present Jesse Squires.

Please provide attribution, it is greatly appreciated.