How to create an instance from a class - inheritance challenge

Ok, first let's look at the code and how we would use it.

class Button {
    var width: Double
    var height: Double

    init(width: Double, height: Double) {  // This shows the paremeters we need to pass in to create it.
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
    }
}

class RoundButton: Button {  // No need for an init method here because we have no unset values.
    var cornerRadius = 5.0  // This already has a default value so no need to pass it in when creating it.
}

var rounded = RoundButton(width: 20.0, height: 5.0)  // We pass in the values to the init method.

So we have two takeaways here.

The first is we can see the properties (width and height) in the Button class have no default values so they need to be initialized. So we pass them in as paremeters when we make that object.

The second is that the subclass RoundButton has no properties that are defined without default values. So we can choose not to have a declared init method for this class and just use the one for the parent class.

The end result is your object (rounded) is initialized with the properties width=20.0, height=5.0 (these two we pass in) and cornerRadius=5.0 (this one is default).

I hope this helps. :) Keep up the great work!

Hey Diradj Bharosa,

You need to use parentheses and pass in values to the initializer method to create an instance of an object. Since your RoundButton class inherits from Button, also known as being a subclass of Button, you need to initialize the properties of the super class as well as it's own properties. In this situation, your RoundButton class has no properties that need to be initialized, because its only property, cornerRadius, is set to a default value. Therefore, you only need to initialize the values of the superclass to create a valid instance. See my code below:

class Button {
  var width: Double
  var height: Double

  init(width:Double, height:Double){
    self.width = width
    self.height = height
  }
}

class RoundButton: Button {
  var cornerRadius =  5.0
}

let rounded = RoundButton(width: 5.0, height: 5.0)

Good Luck!