iOS: How to use decodable for a model class with variable of type a protocol

Question

Question: There is a model class that conforms to Decodable, this model has a variable of type someProtocol. But compiler gives an error,

Compiler error

Type 'MyModel' does not conform to protocol 'Decodable'
Protocol requires initializer 'init(from:)' with type 'Decodable'
Cannot automatically synthesize 'Decodable' because 'SomeProtocol' does not conform to 
'Decodable'

Code Snippet

class MyModel: Decodable {
var name: String?
var employee: SomeProtocol?

enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
    case name
    case employee
}

} // Enf of class MyModel

protocol SomeProtocol {
 var employeeName: String ? { get }
}

Answer 1

[SOLVED]

Hi, So I guess this question was valid and after some searching, I was able to solve.

MyModel class cannot have a protocol type, there should be a concrete type class that inherits protocol. Object is now decoded with nested other model objects too.

Corrected Above code

class MyModel: Decodable {
var name: String?
var employee: OtherModel?

enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
case name = "DepartmentName"
case employee
}

} // End of class MyModel

class OtherModel: SomeProtocol {
var employeeName: String?
}

protocol SomeProtocol: Decodable {
 var employeeName: String? { get }
}

Note:
Didn't need init(from decoder: Decoder) in this case.