Functional Programming: A PragPub Anthology

Init: A Special Note

A special init method is called when a class, struct, or enum is initialized. In Swift, you can define initialization parameters, just like with any other method:

class Person {

    init(name: String) {
        // your init implementation
    }

}

Person(name: "Mr. Roboto")

Notice that, unlike other methods, the first parameter name of an init method is required externally when the class is instantiated.

It is best practice in most cases to add a different external parameter name—fromName, in this case—to make the initialization more readable:

class Person {

    init(fromName name: String) {
        // your init implementation
    }

}

Person(fromName: "Mr. Roboto")

And of course, just like with other methods, you can ...