Reflection in swift 2 - swift

Question

I have a class User:
import UIKit
import ObjectMapper
class User: NSObject, CustomStringConvertible, Mappable {
var FirstName: NSString! ;
var LastName: NSString! ;
required init?(_ map: Map){
}
func mapping(map: Map) {
FirstName <- map["FirstName"]
LastName <- map["LastName"]
}
override var description:String {
var s:String=""
//USE REFLECTION TO GET NAME AND VALUE OF DATA MEMBERS
for var index=1; index<reflect(self).count; ++index {
s += (reflect(self)[index].0 + ": "+reflect(self)[index].1.summary+"\t")
}
return s
}
}
In swift 1.2, I was using reflect() method to get array of all the data members with their names and values.
Now, after I have updated to swift 2, I am getting the following error:
'reflect' is unavailable: call the 'Mirror(reflecting:)' initializer
With some trials, I was able to get the count of data members by this: Int(Mirror(reflecting: self).children.count), but still, I am unable to get the member name and its value.
I have looked into the following resources:
https://netguru.co/blog/reflection-swift
http://nshipster.com/mirrortype/
UPDATE
I have found the an answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/32846514/4959077. But this doesn't tell how to find out the type of reflected value. If the value is int and we parse it into String then it gives error.

Answer 1

You may access the reflected attribute "label" name, value and type as follows:
let mirror = Mirror(reflecting: SomeObject)
var dictionary = [String: Any]()
for child in mirror.children {
guard let key = child.label else { continue }
let value: Any = child.value
dictionary[key] = value
switch value {
case is Int: print("integer = \(anyValue)")
case is String: print("string = \(anyValue)")
default: print("other type = \(anyValue)")
}
switch value {
case let i as Int: print("• integer = \(i)")
case let s as String: print("• string = \(s)")
default: print("• other type = \(anyValue)")
}
if let i = value as? Int {
print("•• integer = \(i)")
}
}
Note: per the question followup, three approaches to determine the type of the reflected value are shown.

Answer 2

I have a solution that finds the name and type of a property given any class that inherits from NSObject.
I wrote a lengthy explanation on StackOverflow here, and my project is available here on Github,
In short you can do something like this (but really check out the code Github):
public class func getTypesOfProperties(inClass clazz: NSObject.Type) -> Dictionary<String, Any>? {
var count = UInt32()
guard let properties = class_copyPropertyList(clazz, &count) else { return nil }
var types: Dictionary<String, Any> = [:]
for i in 0..<Int(count) {
guard let property: objc_property_t = properties[i], let name = getNameOf(property: property) else { continue }
let type = getTypeOf(property: property)
types[name] = type
}
free(properties)
return types
}