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Swift Data Structure and Algorithms

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Product type Book
Published in Nov 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884504
Pages 286 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Mario Eguiluz Alebicto Mario Eguiluz Alebicto
Profile icon Mario Eguiluz Alebicto

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Swift Data Structure and Algorithms
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Walking Across the Playground 2. Working with Commonly Used Data Structures 3. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants 4. Sorting Algorithms 5. Seeing the Forest through the Tree 6. Advanced Searching Methods 7. Graph Algorithms 8. Performance and Algorithm Efficiency 9. Choosing the Perfect Algorithm

Swift protocol-oriented programming


In Swift, you should start with a protocol and not a class. Swift protocols define a list of methods, properties, and in some cases, related types and aliases, that a type supports. The protocol forms a contract with a promise that any type that conforms to it will satisfy the requirements of the protocol. Protocols are sometimes referred to as interfaces in other languages such as Java, C#, or Go.

Dispatching

Protocols in Swift are a superset of Objective-C protocols. In Objective-C, all methods are resolved via dynamic dispatch at runtime using messaging. Swift, on the other hand, makes use of multiple dispatch techniques; by default, it uses a vtable, which lists available methods in the class. A vtable is created at compile time and contains function pointers that are accessed by the index. The compiler will use the vtable as a lookup table for translating method calls to the appropriate function pointer. If a Swift class inherits from an Objective-C...

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