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Posted by Ryan Jin
Ryan Jin
15,337 Points

What is a protocol

Can somebody explain me what is a protocol in Swift, and provide me some examples?

1 Answer

Kevin VanderWulp
Kevin VanderWulp
5,180 Points
Kevin VanderWulp
Kevin VanderWulp
5,180 Points

You can read the documentation on Protocols in Swift on the Apple website.

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/Protocols.html

Ryan Jin
Ryan Jin
15,337 Points

Is protocol just a super class or a super structure that can apply inheritance on both classes and structures?