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iOS Error Handling in Swift 2.0 Error Handling Handling Errors

mahi
mahi
7,137 Points
Posted by mahi
mahi
7,137 Points

Can't get it?!

Can't figure this one out.

error.swift 
enum ParserError: ErrorType {
    case EmptyDictionary
    case InvalidKey
}

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

    func parse() throws {
        if data == nil{
            throw ParserError.EmptyDictionary
        }

        guard let incomingData = data["someKey"] else{
            throw ParserError.InvalidKey
        }

    }
}

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

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

As usual there are several ways of doing this. Here's one version of the function that starts out like you did:

    func parse() throws {
        if data == nil {
            throw ParserError.EmptyDictionary
        }

        if data!["someKey"] == nil {
            throw ParserError.InvalidKey
        }
    }

But then, instead of using a guard statement, it just tests to see if data["someKey"] is also nil. Note that you will get an error if you don't forcibly unwrap data in this second if statement. Yes, forcibly unwrapping isn't usually a good idea. But here you've already tested to see if it's nil or not, so it's fine here. You know for sure it is not nil, otherwise the function would have thrown the EmptyDictionary error.

mahi
mahi
7,137 Points
mahi
mahi
7,137 Points

Got it. Thanks alot!!