Reflection of enum in Swift [duplicate]

Question

Say I have an enum like this:

enum Direction {
  case Left
  case Right
}

Is there a way to derive a string description of the enum automatically without defining it myself? Something like this:

let direction: Direction = .Left
let description: String = direction.description // should be "Left"

I tried reflect( direction) and the properties on MirrorType but that didn't work.

Answer 1

Not currently. You'll need to implement a description function manually for this. Swift has very limited reflection.