decode Json string to class object Swift

Question

 private func createWeatherObjectWith(json: Data, x:Any.Type ,completion: @escaping (_ data: Any?, _ error: Error?) -> Void) {
        do {
            let decoder = JSONDecoder()
            decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
            let weather = try decoder.decode(x.self, from: json)
            return completion(weather, nil)
        } catch let error {
            print("Error creating current weather from JSON because: \(error.localizedDescription)")
            return completion(nil, error)
        }
    }

Here I write above code to decode Json string to class object by passing class type .But it gives the following error

Cannot invoke 'decode' with an argument list of type '(Any.Type, from: Data)'

Answer 1

Trying to decode any type of Object to String in Swift 4.1

func convertAnyObjectToJSONString(from object:Any) -> String? {

    guard let data = try? JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: object, options: []) else { 

        return nil 
    }

    return String(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) 
}

Answer 2

If you are trying to decode any type of object then use these technique

1. Generics function

private func createWeatherObjectWith<T: Decodable>(json: Data, Object:T.Type ,completion: @escaping (_ data: T?, _ error: Error?) -> Void) {
    do {
        let decoder = JSONDecoder()
        decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
        let weather = try decoder.decode(T.self, from: json)
        return completion(weather, nil)
    } catch let error {
        return completion(nil, error)
    }
}

2. Extend Decodable

extension Decodable {
    static func map(JSONString:String) -> Self? {
        do {
            let decoder = JSONDecoder()
            decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
            return try decoder.decode(Self.self, from: Data(JSONString.utf8))
        } catch let error {
            print(error)
            return nil
        }
    }
}

Use:

let user = User.map(JSONString:"your JSON string")
let users = [User].map(JSONString:"your JSON string")