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iOS Error Handling in Swift 2.0 Error Handling Handling Errors

Ludwig Jonsson
Ludwig Jonsson
6,426 Points
Posted by Ludwig Jonsson
Ludwig Jonsson
6,426 Points

called method without parameters.

S0 i was doing a test from Handling Errors in the Swift course and i couldn't get my do {} catch {} statements to work. code posted below

enum ParserError: ErrorType {
  case EmptyDictionary
  case InvalidKey
}

struct Parser {
  var data: [String : String?]?

  func parse() throws {
  guard let isDataNil = data else {
      throw ParserError.EmptyDictionary
     }
     let keysNil = isDataNil.keys
     let containsKey = keysNil.contains("someKey") 
     if containsKey == false {
        throw ParserError.InvalidKey
     }
   }
}

let data: [String : String?]? = ["someKey": nil]
let parser = Parser(data: data)

do {
   let baby = try Parser.parse()
}
catch {
    print("Error!")
}

Now i managed to pass the test when i removed the empty paranthesis from try Parser.parse() so it just said try Parser.parse . Is this really the right way? Since i've never before seen a method being called without parenthesis

/Thanks

1 Answer

Martin Wildfeuer
PLUS
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points
Martin Wildfeuer
Martin Wildfeuer
Courses Plus Student 11,071 Points

Hey there. No, this does not work :) Seems you have tricked code check into passing this challenge, but this will throw an error in Xcode Playgrounds. The following will work as expected:

let data: [String : String?]? = ["someKey": nil]
let parser = Parser(data: data)

do {
   // You have to call parse on the instance of Parser
   // you created before, that is parser
   let baby = try parser.parse()
}
catch {
    print("Error!")
}

Btw., there are methods that can be called on classes directly, then no parenthesis are needed. Those are called class or static methods, as opposed to instance methods. Example: UIColor.blackColor().

Hope that helps :)