JSONParser with mods for Swift 2.0

JSONParserArray.swift

import Foundation

let string = "[ {\"name\": \"John\", \"age\": 21}, {\"name\": \"Bob\", \"age\": 35} ]"

func JSONParseArray(string: String) -> [AnyObject]{
    if let data = string.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding){
        
        do{
            
        if let array = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: NSJSONReadingOptions.MutableContainers)  as? [AnyObject] {
            return array 
                        }
        }catch{
            
            print("error"
            //handle errors here
            
        }
    }
    return [AnyObject]()
}



for element: AnyObject in JSONParseArray(string) {
    let name = element["name"] as? String
    let age = element["age"] as? Int
    print("Name: \(name), Age: \(age)")
}

/*  Prints following

Name: Optional(John), Age: Optional(21)
Name: Optional(Bob), Age: Optional(35)

*/