In many cases, I need to get the value from a dictionary given a key (usually a string). I have the following helper class:
public class ObjectCache<T> {
private var cache = [String: T]()
subscript(name: String) -> T? {
get { return cache[name] }
set { cache[name] = newValue }
}
func get(_ name: String, with builder: () -> T?) -> T? {
var obj = cache[name]
if obj == nil {
obj = builder()
cache[name] = obj
}
return obj
}
}
This saves much keyboard typing and avoid common errors of oversight. Like below:
let serviceURL = self.urlCache.get(name) { return comp.url }!
Now my question is - Does Swift provide some builtin functionality like this? I just hope I did not re-event the wheel.