Do we use RLMObject or Object in Swift Realm?

Question

I've seen examples for Realm where they use

class Person: Object {}

as well as

class Person: RLMObject {}

which one are we supposed to use?

Also, I can't get the init function to work for the former. Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

If you're working in Swift, Realm.Object (Object) was designed for the Swift interface. It has better type detection and more natural Swift phrases.

Object is backed by RLMObject, so you can use RLMObject if you want, but its an Objective-C api so some things may be a bit more tedious.

tl;dr

Realm made RealmSwift for a reason! Use Object :)