I've been searching Stack Overflow and no answer could get to what I need to solve this.
I am parsing an array, and retrieving the Data, but I'm stuck trying to set/get it because I need to set it to an NSArray or something before setting it to my userDefaults
Here is my setter/getter:
import Foundation
private extension UserDefaultsKey {
static var galleryKey: Key<GalleryImage> {
return "images"
}
}
class GalleryCache: GalleryCacheType {
private let userDefault: UserDefaultsServiceType
var imageUrl: [GalleryImage]? {
get {
if let userDefaultValue = self.userDefault.value(forKey: .galleryKey) {
return userDefaultValue
}
return nil
}
set {
if let newValue = newValue {
let urlData = NSKeyedArchiver.archivedData(withRootObject: newValue)
userDefault.set(value: urlData, forKey: .galleryKey)
}
}
}
init() {
let customUserDefault = UserDefaults(suiteName: "pictures")
self.userDefault = UserDefaultsService(customUserDefault: customUserDefault)
}
}
My GalleryCacheType, and UserDefaultServiceType, which are protocols:
protocol GalleryCacheType {
var imageUrl: [GalleryImage]? { get set }
}
The class implementing UserDefaultProtocols:
import Foundation
final class UserDefaultsService: UserDefaultsServiceType {
private var customUserDefault: UserDefaults?
init(customUserDefault: UserDefaults?) {
self.customUserDefault = customUserDefault
}
private var defaults: UserDefaults {
if let custom = self.customUserDefault {
return custom
}
return UserDefaults.standard
}
func value<T>(forKey key: UserDefaultsKey<T>) -> T? {
return self.defaults.value(forKey: key.key) as? T
}
func set<T>(value: T?, forKey key: UserDefaultsKey<T>) {
self.defaults.set(value, forKey: key.key)
}
}
And the GalleryImage itself:
import ObjectMapper
struct GalleryImage: Mappable {
var url: String!
init?(map: Map) { }
mutating func mapping(map: Map) {
url <- map["file_path"]
}
}
As stated by @rmdaddy, it's not good to store Data on UserDefaults, so, instead of saving it to UserDefaults, store it on an appropriate sandbox for it (I particularly like Realm).