[SOLVED] swift: Specifying path to a public struct in a framework whenever framework name has a public entity with the name of the framework in it

swift: Specifying path to a public struct in a framework whenever framework name has a public entity with the name of the framework in it

suppose framework Foo has (sadly public) class Foo and a public struct Account

func fetchClient(guid: String) -> Foo.Account? {

yields a compiler error

'Account' is not a member type of class 'Foo.Foo'

What's the proper syntax to access (public) Account outside Foo? (Lots of swearwords about class aliased to framework here)

Solution

There is no such syntax yet. See also this discussion on Swift Forums which is discussing this exact issue.

As a workaround, you can import just the Account struct from Foo:

import struct Foo.Account

Now you won't see the class Foo and you can say Foo.Account.

If you also need the class Foo, or lots of other things in Foo, you can put a type alias for Foo.Account in a separate file, using the above technique.

// this is the entirety of the file:
import struct Foo.Account

typealias FooAccount = Account

Also, there is a module alias feature that allows you to rename Foo to something else, if you are using SPM. See the Swift Evolution Proposal.