Close Menu

clextensions

Introduction

Welcome to the documentation for Clextensions, an extensive library that provides additional functionality and extensions for Cocoa development. This library is designed to assist developers in building iOS and macOS applications more efficiently and effectively.

Getting Started

To begin using Clextensions in your projects, follow these steps:

  1. Install Clextensions via your preferred package manager.
  2. Import the Clextensions module in your project.
  3. Start exploring the various features and extensions provided by Clextensions.

Features

Clextensions offers a wide range of features and extensions, including:

  • String manipulations
  • Array and Dictionary utilities
  • Date and time management
  • View and layout enhancements
  • Network operations
  • File system handling
  • And many more!

String Manipulations

Clextensions provides a set of string manipulation methods to simplify common tasks:

  • camelCaseToSnakeCase() – Converts a camelCase string to snake_case.
  • snakeCaseToCamelCase() – Converts a snake_case string to camelCase.
  • truncate(length: Int, trailing: String = "...") – Truncates a string to a specified length.
  • isNumeric() – Checks if a string represents a numeric value.
  • contains(haystack: String, caseSensitive: Bool = true) – Checks if the string contains a specified substring.

Array and Dictionary Utilities

Clextensions provides utilities for working with arrays and dictionaries:

  • removeDuplicates() – Removes duplicate elements from an array.
  • isEmpty() – Checks if an array or dictionary is empty.
  • keys() – Retrieves all keys from a dictionary.
  • values() – Retrieves all values from a dictionary.

Date and Time Management

Clextensions offers several features for managing dates and times:

  • toString(format: String) – Converts a date to a string with a specified format.
  • isToday() – Checks if a date represents the current day.
  • isSameDay(as date: Date) – Checks if two dates represent the same day.
  • add(days: Int) – Adds a specified number of days to a date.

View and Layout Enhancements

Clextensions offers enhancements for view and layout management:

  • roundCorners(radius: CGFloat) – Rounds the corners of a view with a specified radius.
  • addGradientLayer(with colors: [UIColor], startPoint: CGPoint, endPoint: CGPoint) – Adds a gradient layer to a view with specified colors and a start/end point.
  • centerHorizontally(in view: UIView) – Centers a view horizontally within a specified view.
  • fillSuperview() – Sizes a view to fill its superview.

Network Operations

Clextensions simplifies common network operations:

  • createURLRequest(method: HTTPMethod, url: URL, headers: [String: String]? = nil, body: Data? = nil) – Creates a URL request with specified method, URL, headers, and body.
  • download(url: URL, completion: (Result) -> Void) – Downloads data from a specified URL.
  • upload(url: URL, data: Data, completion: (Result) -> Void) – Uploads data to a specified URL.

File System Handling

Clextensions provides utilities for working with the file system:

  • write(data: Data, to directory: FileManager.SearchPathDirectory, withName: String) – Writes data to a file with a specified name and directory.
  • read(from directory: FileManager.SearchPathDirectory, withName: String) -> Data? – Reads data from a file with a specified name and directory.
  • remove(from directory: FileManager.SearchPathDirectory, withName: String) – Removes a file with a specified name and directory.

Conclusion

With Clextensions, you have access to a comprehensive library of extensions and utilities for Cocoa development. This documentation has provided an overview of the various features and functionalities available. Get started by integrating Clextensions into your projects today and take your iOS and macOS development to the next level.