Why am not able to access my model class in Swift Project? - ios

Question

How to access my Model from ViewController and use the Model data to load in table view????
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My ViewController looks like this
import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {
var cclm: CountryCodeListModel?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 3, target: self, selector: #selector(hello), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
readLocalJSONFile(forName: "countryList")
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
}
override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
}
#objc func hello()
{
print(cclm?.data?[0].flag)
}
}
and my model class look like this
struct CountryCodeList : Decodable {
var alpha2Code: String?
var alpha3Code: String?
var flag : String?
var name : String?
var code : String?
}
public struct CountryCodeListModel : Decodable {
var data : [CountryCodeList]?
}
var cclm: CountryCodeListModel?
//Method to load json
func readLocalJSONFile(forName name: String) {
do {
if let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: name, ofType: "json") {
let fileUrl = URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath)
let data = try Data(contentsOf: fileUrl)
if let countryCodeObject = parse(jsonData: data) {
cclm = countryCodeObject
print(cclm?.data?[1].alpha2Code ?? "") //Printing Correct Value
}
}
} catch {
print("error: \(error)")
}
}
func parse(jsonData: Data) -> CountryCodeListModel?{
var dataArray : [Dictionary<String,Any>] = [[:]]
var country = Dictionary<String,Any>()
var modelData = Dictionary<String,Any>()
do {
// make sure this JSON is in the format we expect
if let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: jsonData, options: []) as? Dictionary<String,Any> {
dataArray.removeAll()
for item in json["data"] as! [Dictionary<String, Any>] {
country = item
let url = URL(string: country["flag"] as? String ?? "")
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url!) //make sure your image in this url does exist, otherwise unwrap in a if let check / try-catch
let image = UIImage(data: data!)
let documentsDirectory = FileManager.default.urls(for: .documentDirectory, in: .userDomainMask).first!
let fileName = url?.lastPathComponent // name of the image to be saved
let fileURL = documentsDirectory.appendingPathComponent(fileName ?? "")
if let data = image?.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0){
do {
try data.write(to: fileURL)
country["flag"] = fileURL.absoluteString
//print("file saved")
//urlAsString = fileURL.absoluteString
} catch {
print("error saving file:", error)
}
}
dataArray.append(country)
country.removeAll()
}
modelData["data"] = dataArray
//print(modelData)
let jsonData1 = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: modelData, options: [])
do {
let decodedData = try JSONDecoder().decode(CountryCodeListModel.self, from: jsonData1)
return decodedData
} catch {
print("error: \(error)")
}
}
} catch let error as NSError {
print("Failed to load: \(error.localizedDescription)")
}
return nil
}
Problem statement:
Iam reading local json and take the url value of flag key and download corresponding images to local. Once i download then am taking the localpath and update in the dictionary and then create JSON object and update my model class.
Now, am trying to access my model class from ViewController like below
print(CountryCodeListModel?.data?[0].name) //check screenshot for error
print(cclm?.data?[0].flag) // this prints nil always
Please check the error screenshots attached2
My JSON look like this
{
"meta":{
"success":true,
"message":"Successfully retrieved country details",
"code":"200"
},
"data":[
{
"alpha2Code":"AF",
"alpha3Code":"AFG",
"flag":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DevTides/countries/master/afg.png",
"name":"Afghanistan",
"code":"+93"
},
{
"alpha2Code":"AX",
"alpha3Code":"ALA",
"flag":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DevTides/countries/master/ala.png",
"name":"Aland Islands",
"code":"+358"
},
{
"alpha2Code":"AL",
"alpha3Code":"ALB",
"flag":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DevTides/countries/master/alb.png",
"name":"Albania",
"code":"+355"
},
{
"alpha2Code":"DZ",
"alpha3Code":"DZA",
"flag":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DevTides/countries/master/dza.png",
"name":"Algeria",
"code":"+213"
},
{
"alpha2Code":"AS",
"alpha3Code":"ASM",
"flag":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DevTides/countries/master/asm.png",
"name":"American Samoa",
"code":"+1684"
}
]
}

Answer 1

You are trying to decode something that doesn't exist.
print(CountryCodeListModel?.data?[0].name) //check screenshot for error
print(cclm?.data?[0].flag) // this prints nil always
The above code states that you want:
the name of
the variable data at position 0 of
the struct CountryCodeListModel.
What you want to do is:
the name of
the variable at position 0 of
an INSTANCE of the struct CountryCodeListModel.
For example...
func readLocalJSONFile(forName name: String) {
do {
if let filePath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: name, ofType: "json") {
let fileUrl = URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath)
let data = try Data(contentsOf: fileUrl)
if let countryCodeObject = parse(jsonData: data) {
cclm = countryCodeObject
print(cclm?.data?[1].alpha2Code ?? "") //Printing Correct Value
print(cclm?.data?[0].flag ?? "")
print(countryCodeObject?.data[0].flag ?? "") // Same as the line above
}
}
} catch {
print("error: \(error)")
}
}
Unless you are trying to use a static variable (at which you would use CountryCodeListModel.data), you need to make sure you are actually using an instance of the structure or an object of a class to reference your properties.
CAVEAT
CountryCodeListModel is a structure. CountryCodeListModel() is an instance of the structure CountryCodeListModel. Since you can have multiple instances of a structure, you need to reference a specific structure when accessing data. Thus, CountryCodeListModel.data will not work and it needs to be CountryCodeListModel().data. In this case, you have cclm.data.