Choosing between strcuts, classes and enums - swift

Question

I have some sample code I put together as I am trying to figure out how to model my first app. I'm not sure if the "shoe examples" should be enums or classes. I guess I could create one class that has all the features that each class has ( sole, string, color, fit) and then make subclasses of the main class and add the other features for classes that need them. I also thought about setting each up as enums because the data is fixed. Ultimately I want a user to be able to push a button and decide if a condition is a poor, fair, or excellent for each case in the enum or each stored property in the class or struct.
enum Conditions {
case poor
case fair
case excellent
}
// Shoe exmaples
enum Nike {
case sole
case string
case color
case fit
}
struct Rebook {
case sole
case string
case color
case fit
}
enum Jordan {
case sole
case string
case color
case fit
}
enum sketchers {
case sole
case string
case color
case fit
case (idk something else)
}
enum heels {
case sole
case string
case color
case fit
case height
case width
}
or

Answer 1

Your current approach is almost there. If I understand you correctly, you want each property of the shoe to be ranked with a Condition enum. You might have more luck making each shoe a generic class, like so:
class Shoe {
var sole: Condition?
var string: Condition?
var color: Condition?
var fit: Condition?
init(sole: Condition, string: Condition, color: Condition, fit: Condition) {
self.sole = sole
self.string = string
self.color = color
self.fit = fit
}
}
This will now allow you to create instances of Shoe for every type you want, instead of a different enum for each shoe. For example, if the user ranked a Nike, you might store their results like so:
var Nike = Shoe(sole: .poor, string: .excellent, color: .fair, fit: .excellent)
If you want to add different rankings for each shoe, such as "idk something else" or "height", then you can always add more properties to the Shoe class and make them optional, or you can subclass the Shoe class to add more properties.