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iOS Object-Oriented Swift Class Inheritance Creating a Subclass

Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points
Posted by Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points

How to solve this challenge?

How to solve this task,,,

objects.swift 
class Vehicle {
  var numberOfDoors: Int
  var numberOfWheels: Int

  init(withDoors doors: Int, andWheels wheels: Int) {
      self.numberOfDoors = doors
      self.numberOfWheels = wheels
  }
}

class Car : Vehicle {
  var numberOfSeats : Int

  override init(withDoors doors: Int, andWheels wheels: Int,  numberOfSeats : Int = 4  ) {

    super.init( numberOfDoors = doors, numberOfWheels = wheels)  
    self.numberOfSeats = numberOfSeats

  }


}
let someCar = Car(doors: 2, andWheels wheels: 3,  numberOfSeats: 4)

1 Answer

Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points
Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points

Hello,

There are number of rules when it comes to initializing a class that inherits from a super class.

One of those rules is :

When initializing your class, you must first give values to the class's properties, then you call the super's init. Also, if the class that you are defining is inheriting all of the super class's properties and is not defining any properties of its own, you must call super.init before you can modify any of the properties.

So in this challenge we must do it as follows:

class Vehicle {
    var numberOfDoors: Int
    var numberOfWheels: Int

    init(withDoors doors: Int, andWheels wheels: Int) {
        self.numberOfDoors = doors
        self.numberOfWheels = wheels
    }
}

// Enter your code below

class Car: Vehicle {

    var numberOfSeats: Int = 4

    init(numbersOfSeats: Int) {

       // We first give values to "numberOfSeats
        self.numberOfSeats = numbersOfSeats

      // Then we call super init
        super.init(withDoors: 2, andWheels: 4)
    }
}

let someCar = Car(numbersOfSeats: 2)

Since Car is defining its own property numberOfSeats, then we must give a value to that property before calling super.init.

Hope this helps.

Also remember that if this answer was of any help, don't forget to help others by selecting this answer as best answer, or if you need a better explanation please let me know.

Good luck

Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points
Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points

thanks a lot,, in the subclass,, once I entered init,,,, xcode suggests to change it to override init,,, do I need to do that or just to type init?

Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points
Saleh Bubishate
Saleh Bubishate
1,613 Points

one more thing,,, why did you entered 2 for "withDoors" argument and 4 for "andWheels" argument? I tried to type super.init( withDoors : withDoors, andWheels : andWheels) but there was error

Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points
Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points

Hello,

You only use "override" when the subclass is going to create its own implementation of the inherited initializer of the super class. In this case, you do not need to override it since you are creating an initializer that is different from the super class.

Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points
Jhoan Arango
Jhoan Arango
14,575 Points

Perhaps this would be a better solution 

class Vehicle {
    var numberOfDoors: Int
    var numberOfWheels: Int

    init(withDoors doors: Int, andWheels wheels: Int) {
        self.numberOfDoors = doors
        self.numberOfWheels = wheels
    }
}

// Enter your code below

class Car: Vehicle {

    var numberOfSeats: Int = 4

    init(numbersOfSeats: Int, withDoors doors: Int, andWheels wheels: Int) {

        // We first give values to "numberOfSeats
        self.numberOfSeats = numbersOfSeats

        // Then we call super init
        super.init(withDoors: doors, andWheels: wheels)
    }
}

let someCar = Car(numbersOfSeats: 2, withDoors: 4, andWheels: 4)

Remember, you first have to initialized the store properties of "Car" before calling super.init.

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