Example
A Facade provides a unified, high-level interface to subsystem interfaces. This allows for simpler, safer access to the more general facilities of a subsystem.
The following is an example of a Facade used to set and retrieve objects in UserDefaults.
enum Defaults {
static func set(_ object: Any, forKey defaultName: String) {
let defaults: UserDefaults = UserDefaults.standard
defaults.set(object, forKey:defaultName)
defaults.synchronize()
}
static func object(forKey key: String) -> AnyObject! {
let defaults: UserDefaults = UserDefaults.standard
return defaults.object(forKey: key) as AnyObject!
}
}
Usage might look like the following.
Defaults.set("Beyond all recognition.", forKey:"fooBar")
Defaults.object(forKey: "fooBar")
The complexities of accessing the shared instance and synchronizing UserDefaults are hidden from the client, and this interface can be accessed from anywhere in the program.
