Function accepting generic parameters - swift

Question

I have a subclass of NSManagedObject. I'm using a protocol to create a "wrapper" class. In my controller the data can be either: Items or Item1. To be able to use my function I'll have to add the protocol ItemInfo to Items but that means I'll have to add
var items: Items { return self }
in Items, which seems a bit redundant. I've tried creating a base class but that didn't work.
Question:
Is there a better way to let my function accept both Items and Item1 as parameter like using generics?
NSManagedObject:
class Items: NSManagedObject {
#NSManaged var name: String
#NSManaged var code: String
}
Protocol:
protocol ItemInfo {
var item: Items { get }
}
extension ItemInfo {
var name : String { return item.name }
var code : String { return item.code }
}
Wrapper:
class Item1: ItemInfo {
let item: Items
init(item: Items) { self.item = item }
}
function:
func handleItem(item: ItemInfo) {
print(item.name)
print(item.code)
}
I could use:
func handleItem<T>(item: T) {
if let a = item as? Items {
print(a.name)
print(a.code)
}
if let a = item as? ItemInfo {
print(a.name)
print(a.code)
}
}
But this doesn't seem the right way ...

Answer 1

If I understand correctly what you are trying to achieve (function accepting two kind of items), I would use protocol as type accepted by function, refer the code below
class Items: NSManagedObject, ItemInfo {
#NSManaged var name: String
#NSManaged var code: String
}
class Item1: NSManagedObject, ItemInfo {
#NSManaged var name: String
#NSManaged var code: String
}
protocol ItemInfo {
var name: String {get set}
var code: String {get set}
}
and function would look like this
func handle(item: ItemInfo) {
print(item.code)
print(item.name)
}