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extension UIView {
    
    func findSubview(where matches: (UIView) -> Bool) -> UIView? {
        for subview in subviews {
            if matches(subview) {
                return subview
            } else if let match = subview.findSubview(where: matches) {
                return match

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class User {
    
    static let URL_SAVE_TEAM = URL(string: "http://localhost/test/login_mobile.php")!
    
    func login(email: String, password: String, completion: @escaping (String?)->()) {
        
        var request = URLRequest(url: User.URL_SAVE_TEAM)
        request.httpMethod = "POST"
        
        let postParameters = "email=\(email)&password=\(password)"

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import Foudnation

extension Dictionary where Key: AnyHashable, Value: AnyHashable {
    
    var queryString: String? {
        var output: String = ""
        var i = 0
        for (key, i) in self.keys.enumerate() {
            output += prefix + "\(key)=\(self[value])"
        }

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/// An NSOperation subclass with utilities for creating long-running operations or
/// operations that must pause and wait for some result, as well as a concise API
/// to make them easy to create, configure and add to background and main queues.
class Operation: NSOperation {
	
    /// Shared background queue
    static let backgroundQueue: NSOperationQueue = {
        var queue = NSOperationQueue()
        queue.maxConcurrentOperationCount = 5
        return queue

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/// Some extensions with overloaded operators for easily adding and removing
/// objects to sets when working with CoreData

import Foundation
import CoreData

protocol ManagedSet {
    var allObjects: [AnyObject] { get }
    init( array: [AnyObject] )
}

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// Some short hand GCD to keep code cleaner

func dispatch_after( delay:Double, closure:()->() ) {
    dispatch_after(
        dispatch_time(
            DISPATCH_TIME_NOW,
            Int64(delay * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC))
        ),
        dispatch_get_main_queue(), closure)
}

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import Foundation

func parse( data: NSData ) {
    var error: NSError? = nil
    switch NSJSONSerialization.JSONObjectWithData( data, options: nil, error: &error ) {
    case .Some(let dictionary as NSDictionary):
        println( "JSON contained dictionary: \(dictionary)" )
    case .Some(let array as NSArray):
        println( "JSON Contained array: \(array)" )
    default:

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//  Generates various types of random values
//
//  Created by Patrick Lynch on 6/30/15.
//  Copyright © 2015 Patrick Lynch. All rights reserved.

import Foundation

struct Random {
	
	// Designed for you to swap out for any other core random function

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//  The 6 ways to uwnrap optionals in Swift 2.0
//
//  Created by Patrick Lynch on 6/28/15.
//  Copyright © 2015 Patrick Lynch. All rights reserved.

import Foundation

// 1. Force Unwrapping
// 2. Optional Binding
// 3. Optional Chaining

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//  A quick way to set up use of responder chain with a bit more type safety
//
//  Created by Patrick Lynch on 6/28/15.
//  Copyright © 2015 Patrick Lynch. All rights reserved.

import UIKit

protocol Responder {
	func targetForAction<T, U: RawRepresentable where U.RawValue == Selector>( action: U, withSender sender: AnyObject?) -> T
}