fatal error: use of unimplemented initializer 'init()' for class - swift

Question

I'm using Realm-Cocoa in a mixed project. There have been a few head-scratchers, but now I'm truly stuck. I have tried tried several things but nothing helps.
This class compiles with no complaints,but crashes at runtime:
fatal error: use of unimplemented initializer 'init()' for class 'MyApp.Model'
And here's the class:
import Foundation
import Realm
import SwiftyJSON
class Model: RLMObject {
dynamic var contactId: String
dynamic var userId: String
dynamic var contactType: String
dynamic var firstName: String
dynamic var lastName: String
dynamic var middleName: String
dynamic var jobTitle:String
dynamic var department: String
dynamic var location: String
dynamic var serviceName: String
dynamic var serviceType : String
dynamic var emails : String
dynamic var addresses :String
dynamic var profilePictureSHA1 : String
dynamic var extNum : String
dynamic var fqExtNum : String
dynamic var ipbxId : String
dynamic var phone : String
dynamic var fax : String
dynamic var dispWhenNoext : Bool
dynamic var dispInContDir : Bool
override class func primaryKey() -> String? {
return "contactId"
}
init(
contactId: String,
userId: String,
contactType: String,
firstName: String,
lastName: String,
middleName: String,
jobTitle: String,
department: String,
location: String,
serviceName: String,
serviceType: String,
emails: String,
addresses: String,
profilePictureSHA1: String,
dispWhenNoext: Bool,
dispInContDir: Bool,
extNum: String,
fqExtNum: String,
ipbxId: String,
phone: String,
fax: String)
{
self.contactId = contactId
self.userId = userId
self.contactType = contactType
self.firstName = firstName
self.lastName = lastName
self.middleName = middleName
self.jobTitle = jobTitle
self.department = department
self.location = location
self.serviceName = serviceName
self.serviceType = serviceType
self.emails = emails
self.addresses = addresses
self.profilePictureSHA1 = profilePictureSHA1
self.dispInContDir = dispInContDir
self.dispWhenNoext = dispWhenNoext
self.extNum = extNum
self.fqExtNum = fqExtNum
self.ipbxId = ipbxId
self.phone = phone
self.fax = fax
super.init()
}
override static func ignoredProperties() -> [String] {
return ["contactFlag", "dttmCreated", "nickName", "customField1", "customField2", "customField3", "serviceId", "parentServiceId", "branchId", "hideInAA", "vooEnableFlag", "devLockDown", "tenantId", "serviceEmailId", "siteCustomerId", "branchCode", "accessCode"]
}
}

Answer 1

See the Realm documentation on custom subclass initialisers and Swift introspection issues at: https://realm.io/docs/swift/latest/#adding-custom-initializers-to-object-subclasses
According to that doco, you should make it a convenience method, rather than a designated initialiser. Worth a try, anyhow. Something like:
convenience init(
contactId: String,
userId: String,
contactType: String,
firstName: String,
lastName: String,
middleName: String,
jobTitle: String,
department: String,
location: String,
serviceName: String,
serviceType: String,
emails: String,
addresses: String,
profilePictureSHA1: String,
dispWhenNoext: Bool,
dispInContDir: Bool,
extNum: String,
fqExtNum: String,
ipbxId: String,
phone: String,
fax: String)
{
self.init() // NB: 'self' not 'super'
self.contactId = contactId
self.userId = userId
self.contactType = contactType
self.firstName = firstName
self.lastName = lastName
self.middleName = middleName
self.jobTitle = jobTitle
self.department = department
self.location = location
self.serviceName = serviceName
self.serviceType = serviceType
self.emails = emails
self.addresses = addresses
self.profilePictureSHA1 = profilePictureSHA1
self.dispInContDir = dispInContDir
self.dispWhenNoext = dispWhenNoext
self.extNum = extNum
self.fqExtNum = fqExtNum
self.ipbxId = ipbxId
self.phone = phone
self.fax = fax
}