Using isKindOfClass with Swift

Question

I'm trying to pick up a bit of Swift lang and I'm wondering how to convert the following Objective-C into Swift:

- (void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
    [super touchesBegan:touches withEvent:event];

    UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];

    if ([touch.view isKindOfClass: UIPickerView.class]) {
      //your touch was in a uipickerview ... do whatever you have to do
    }
}

More specifically I need to know how to use isKindOfClass in the new syntax.

override func touchesBegan(touches: NSSet, withEvent event: UIEvent) {

    ???

    if ??? {
        // your touch was in a uipickerview ...

    }
}

Answer 1

The proper Swift operator is is:

if touch.view is UIPickerView {
    // touch.view is of type UIPickerView
}

Of course, if you also need to assign the view to a new constant, then the if let ... as? ... syntax is your boy, as Kevin mentioned. But if you don't need the value and only need to check the type, then you should use the is operator.