Swift String Extensions

Swift String Extensions

extension String {
    func isEmail() -> Bool {
        let emailRegEx = "[A-Z0-9a-z._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}"
        let emailTest = NSPredicate(format:"SELF MATCHES %@", emailRegEx)
        return emailTest.evaluateWithObject(self)
    }
    
    func convertStringToDictionary() -> [String:AnyObject]? {
        if let data = self.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding) {
            do {
                let json = try NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData(data, options: .MutableContainers) as? [String:AnyObject]
                return json
            } catch {
                print("Something went wrong")
            }
        }
        return nil
    }
}