How do I know the subclass type?

Question

I am new to swift. I was studying Inheritance. I have a method that takes in Character. Character is a super class here, and Player and Enemy are its subclasses. I would either pass Player or Enemy in the parameter of this method. How do I check which type of Character I am dealing with? Is it a Player or a Enemy?

func deadCharacter(character: Character) {}

`if character is Player { }` and `if character is Enemy { }`. You might want to pick a better name for your base class because `Character` is a basic Swift type. — vacawama, Jul 20 '16 at 01:01

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 20 '16 at 01:09

if passedInCharacter.isKindOfClass(Player) {
    //do what you want to do with player
} else if passedInCharacter.isKindOfClass(Enemy) {
    //do what you want to do with enemy
}

I also agree with vacawama that you probably have to think of a better name for Character class.

How do I know the subclass type?

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