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Generic of Generics ? class A<T<U>>?

Can I somehow force the generic type to have a generic type ? I want to have some functions, that have as a parameter type U, so how can I do that ?

Code:

class TableViewViewModel<T<U>> {
    typealias SectionDataType = T
    typealias RowDataType = U

    var sections = [SectionDataType<RowDataType>]()
}
Solution

  • Try declaring a protocol SectionDataType that requires an associated type. This means that any conforming type (like Section below) must implement a typealias. Then, in TableViewViewModel you can access the type which you were calling U through that typealias.

    protocol SectionDataType {
    associatedtype RowDataType
}

struct Section<U>: SectionDataType {
    typealias RowDataType = U
}

class TableViewViewModel<T: SectionDataType> {
    typealias RowDataType = T.RowDataType

    var sections = [T]()
}