How to print/dump NSObject?

Question

I have a

Crashlytics.sharedInstance().setObjectValue(loginAccount, forKey: "loginAccount")

I have access to SwiftyJSON Pod in my project, so I've tried

print(JSON(loginAccount))

I got

unknown

What should I do to make my dict more humanly readable ?

SessionAccount

import Foundation
import SwiftyJSON


public class SessionAccount : NSObject {

    var id             : Int?
    var username       : String?
    var password       : String?
    var accountType    : String?
    var role           : String?
    var privateVlan    : String?
    var guestVlan      : String?
    var timezoneOffset : Int?
    var loginTime      : Date?
    var cpe            : CPE?
    var cpeName        : String?
    var cpeProfiles    : [Profile] = []
    var deviceCount    : Int?
    var activeCount    : Int?
    var inactiveCount  : Int?
    var offlineCount   : Int?
    var profileDevices : [Device] = []
    var cpeDevices     : [Device] = []
    var lanSetting     : LANSetting?
    var alerts         : [Alert] = []
    var quarantineList : [String] = []

    override init() {
        super.init()
    }

    convenience init(_ record: JSON) {
        self.init()
        self.id = record["id"].int
        self.accountType = record["accountType"].string
        self.role = record["role"].string
        self.timezoneOffset = record["timezoneOffset"].int
    }

}

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@Koen : I updated my post, and here also : https://i.imgur.com/YWVU9qU.png — code-8, Feb 28 '19 at 16:54
Your question is very confusing. The title is not reflected at all in the body. If you want to "make my dict more humanly readable", you could try this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38773979/is-there-a-way-to-pretty-print-swift-dictionaries-to-the-console — koen, Feb 28 '19 at 17:14
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score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 14 '19 at 11:54

You can use dump(self).

dump() doesn't return a string. It just prints out to the console,

output will be -

<SessionAccount: 0x000055957bfcd400> #0
  - super: Foundation.NSObject
  - id: nil
  - username: nil
  - password: nil
  - accountType: nil
  - role: nil
  - privateVlan: nil
  - guestVlan: nil
  - timezoneOffset: nil
  - loginTime: nil
  - cpeName: nil
  - deviceCount: nil
  - activeCount: nil
  - inactiveCount: nil
  - offlineCount: nil
  - quarantineList: 0 elements

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '19 at 17:27

Is SessionAccount really required to be a class which inherits from NSObject? If you use a struct print is going to print all members.

In a class you have to override description and return a string what you want to display for example

override var description : String {
    return "SessionAccount: \(username) - \(accountType)"
}

How to print/dump NSObject?

SessionAccount

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