swift 3 - pass entity as argument to function

Question

In an earlier version of swift, I had a core data function

func retrieveItemsForRelatedEntity(entity: String, relatedEntity: String, identifier: String, sortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor]?) -> Array<AnyObject>? {

    let appDel: AppDelegate = UIApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! AppDelegate
    let context: NSManagedObjectContext = appDel.managedObjectContext!
    let frequest = NSFetchRequest(entityName: entity)
    frequest.returnsObjectsAsFaults = false

    if sortDescriptors != nil {
        frequest.sortDescriptors = sortDescriptors
    } 

    switch relatedEntity {
    case "CostCentre":
        frequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "costCentre.identifier == '\(identifier)'")
        return try! context.executeFetchRequest(frequest)
    case "CostCentreDay":
        frequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "costCentreDay.identifier == '\(identifier)'")
        return try! context.executeFetchRequest(frequest)
    case "Resource":
        frequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "resource.identifier == '\(identifier)'")
        return try! context.executeFetchRequest(frequest)
    case "ResourceDay":
        frequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "resourceDay.identifier == '\(identifier)'")
        return try! context.executeFetchRequest(frequest)
    case "CostedDay":
        frequest.predicate = NSPredicate(format: "costedDay.identifier == '\(identifier)'")
        return try! context.executeFetchRequest(frequest)
    default:
        print("wrong entity for this function")
        return nil
    }
}

With Swift 3.0, the "Generic Result Type cannot be inferred", so instead of passing in the entity title Strings, can I pass in the entity Type, and switch on that for my fetch request?

Answer 1

Try this :

let frequest = NSFetchRequest<NSFetchRequestResult>(entityName: entity)