【Swift 60秒】69 - Lazy properties

0x00 Lesson

As a performance optimization, Swift lets you create some properties only when they are needed. As an example, consider this FamilyTree struct - it doesn’t do much, but in theory creating a family tree for someone takes a long time:

struct FamilyTree {
	init() {
		print("Creating family tree!")
	}
}

We might use that FamilyTree struct as a property inside a Person struct, like this:

struct Person {
	var name: String
	var familyTree = FamilyTree()
	init(name: String) {
		self.name = name
	}
}
var ed = Person(name: "Ed")

But what if we didn’t always need the family tree for a particular person? If we add the lazy keyword to the familyTree property, then Swift will only create the FamilyTree struct when it’s first accessed:

lazy var familyTree = FamilyTree()

So, if you want to see the “Creating family tree!” message, you need to access the property at least once:

ed.familyTree

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