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iOS Intermediate Swift Extensions and Protocols Protocol Extensions

Kristof Kocsis
Kristof Kocsis
15,455 Points
Posted by Kristof Kocsis
Kristof Kocsis
15,455 Points

Method isn't recognised on an instance of the class

I copied the code from tohe video to my xcode project:

protocol RandomNumberGenerator {
    func random() -> Int
}

extension RandomNumberGenerator {
    func random() -> Int {
        return Int(arc4random())
    }
}

class Generator: RandomNumberGenerator {}

let generator = Generator.random()

however on the last line, I got an error: "Use of instance member 'random' on type 'Self'; did you mean to use a value of type 'Self' instead?"

What does this mean? Did the code depracate, or am I missing something?

1 Answer

Dhanish Gajjar
Dhanish Gajjar
20,185 Points
Dhanish Gajjar
Dhanish Gajjar
20,185 Points

The correct syntax is 

let generator = Generator().random()

You create in instance of Generator by

let generator = Generator()

and then you call the function with .random()

Hope it helps.

Kristof Kocsis
Kristof Kocsis
15,455 Points
Kristof Kocsis
Kristof Kocsis
15,455 Points

Well this was a stupid question but thank you for the help.