counting.swift

import Cocoa

// Note: use of enumeration var in generic is instadeath
// Note: use of static var in generic is not yet supported

public protocol EnumConvertible: Hashable {
    init?(hashValue hash: Int)
    static func countMembers() -> Int
    static func members() -> [Self]
}

extension EnumConvertible where Self:Hashable {
    internal static func fromHash(hashValue index: Int) -> Self {
        let member = unsafeBitCast(UInt8(index), Self.self)
        return member
    }
    
    static public func countMembers() -> Int {
        if sizeof(self) == 0 {return 1} // throw up hands
        if sizeof(self) > 2 {fatalError("too many enumeration cases.")}
        let singleByte = sizeof(self) == 1
        let min = singleByte ? 2 : 257
        let max = singleByte ? 2 << 8 : 2 << 16
        for hashIndex in min..<max {
            switch singleByte {
            case true:
                if unsafeBitCast(UInt8(hashIndex), self).hashValue == 0 {
                    return hashIndex
                }
            case false:
                if unsafeBitCast(UInt16(hashIndex), self).hashValue == 0 {
                    return hashIndex
                }
            }
        }
        return max
    }
    
    static public func members() -> [Self] {
        var enumMembers = [Self]()
        let singleByte = sizeof(self) == 1
        for index in 0..<Self.countMembers() {
            switch singleByte {
            case true:
                let member = unsafeBitCast(UInt8(index), self)
                enumMembers.append(member)
            case false:
                let member = unsafeBitCast(UInt16(index), self)
                enumMembers.append(member)
            }
        }
        return enumMembers
    }

    public init?(hashValue hash: Int) {
        if hash >= Self.countMembers() {return nil}
        self = Self.fromHash(hashValue: hash)
    }
}

enum Planets : Int, EnumConvertible {case Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, Pluto}
enum Foo : Int, EnumConvertible {case i = 1, j = 5, k = 9}
enum Coin : EnumConvertible {case Heads, Tails}
enum Quark: String, EnumConvertible {case Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange, Charmed}

print(Planets.members())
print(Foo.members())
print(Coin.members())
print(Quark.members())

Quark(hashValue: 2)!.rawValue
Foo(hashValue: 0)!.rawValue
Foo(hashValue: 23)
Foo(hashValue: 0)