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iOS Swift 2.0 Protocols Creating Flexible Objects Using Protocols Protocol Inheritance

edwin lobo
edwin lobo
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edwin lobo
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Difference between protocol inheritance and class inheritance

Can someone provide some examples on inheritance in classes vs protocols ?

1 Answer

Jari Koopman
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Jari Koopman
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Jari Koopman
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Jari Koopman
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Hi Edwin,

I believe that the difference between inheriting from a protocol vs a class is that with a class you inherit functionality and with a protocol you do that as well but you have to use the things specified in the protocol.

Hope this helped,

Regards, Jari