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iOS Build a Vending Machine App in Swift 2.0 Modeling An Interface Concrete Types and Property Lists

Cody Adkins
Cody Adkins
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Posted by Cody Adkins
Cody Adkins
7,260 Points

struct not conforming to type protocol

I keep getting an error message in Xcode when I try making my struct type a protocol i made earlier in the video. The error is at about 1:30 minutes into the video. Can someone explain what I should do to fix this?

John Perry
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John Perry
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In the previous video, Pasan switched from adding code to the ItemType to adding code to the VendingMachineType in a way that was easy to miss, especially if you were typing as he was talking. So, if you did what I did, you added code to the wrong area. Make sure that VendingMachineType and ItemType look like this:

protocol VendingMachineType {
    var selection: [VendingSelection] { get }
    var inventory: [VendingSelection: ItemType] { get set }
    var amountDeposited: Double { get set }

    init(inventory: [VendingSelection: ItemType])
    func vend(selection: VendingSelection, quantity: Double) throws
    func deposit(amount: Double)
}

protocol ItemType {
    var price: Double { get }
    var quantity: Double { get set }
}

2 Answers

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

You are making price and quantity Double arrays, not Doubles. Try this:

protocol ItemType {
    var price: Double {get}  //not [Double]
    var quantity: Double {get set} //not [Double]
}

struct VendingItem: ItemType {
    let price: Double
    var quantity: Double
}
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Swift protocols are like interfaces in Java. If you say a class or struct will conform to a protocol you are saying it will implement whatever the protocol requires. In the video the ItemType protocol has two variables: price and quantity. So any struct that conforms to this protocol must have those two properties, as Pasan's VendingItem struct does (1:26).

Cody Adkins
Cody Adkins
7,260 Points
Cody Adkins
Cody Adkins
7,260 Points

Here is the protocol I have written, with the struct that is not conforming...

protocol ItemType { var price: [Double] {get} var quantity: [Double] {get set} }

struct VendingItem: ItemType { let price: Double var quantity: Double }

I am still getting error...