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iOS Build a Vending Machine App in Swift 2.0 Loading Data From a Resource Type Casting

boris said
boris said
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Posted by boris said
boris said
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I am still having an error in the project p-list converter class. Please help.

''' class PlistConverter {

class func dictionaryFromFile(resource: String, ofType Type: String) throws -> [String :

AnyObject] {

    guard let path = Bundle.main.path(forResource: resource, ofType: Type) else {

        throw InventoryError.InvalidResource
    }
    guard let dictionary = NSDictionary(contentsOfFile: String), let castDictionary =

dictionary as? [String: Any] else {

      throw InventoryError.ConversionError

    }

    return castDictionary

}

} '''

4 Answers

Michael Ayoub
Michael Ayoub
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Michael Ayoub
Michael Ayoub
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let castDictionary = dictionary as? [String:AnyObject] instead of [String: Any] because the function returns castDictionary and it must be of type [String: AnyObject]

boris said
boris said
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boris said
boris said
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Hmmmm, I made that correction and I'm still getting the same error

Michael Ayoub
Michael Ayoub
7,689 Points

What does the error say?

boris said
boris said
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boris said
boris said
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Cannot convert value of String.Type to expected argument String

Michael Ayoub
Michael Ayoub
7,689 Points

(contentsOfFile: path) instead of String

boris said
boris said
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boris said
boris said
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Thanks, you got it working again