A protocol that automatically adds an identifier on a class. Mostly useful in working with collection views and table views.

ReuseIdentifying.swift

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import Foundation

/// Automatically add identifier to all the Swift classes.
/// Just inherit the class from this protocol and then `reuseIdentifier` static property will be accessible on the class that will return the class name in String.
public protocol ReuseIdentifying {

    /// Returns the class name.
    static var reuseIdentifier: String { get }

}

/// Extension for the actula implementation of the reuseIdentifier property.
extension ReuseIdentifying {

    static var reuseIdentifier: String {
        // This is the actual implementation of the static property.
        // Return the class name in string format to identify the class.
        return String(describing: self)
    }

}