I have a class as property with a property observer. If I change something in that class, is there a way to trigger didSet as shown in the example:
class Foo {
var items = [1,2,3,4,5]
var number: Int = 0 {
didSet {
items += [number]
}
}
}
var test: Foo = Foo() {
didSet {
println("I want this to be printed after changing number in test")
}
}
test.number = 1 // Nothing happens
Nothing happens because the observer is on test
, which is a Foo instance. But you changed test.number
, not test
itself. Foo is a class, and a class is a reference type, so its instances are mutable in place.
If you want to see the log message, set test
itself to a different value (e.g. a different Foo()
).
Or, add the println
statement to the other didSet
, the one you've already got on Foo's number
property.
Or, make Foo a struct instead of a class; changing a struct property does replace the struct, because a struct is a value type, not a reference type.