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Class-only protocols

Learn class-only protocols in Swift through a focused explanation, a dedicated topic-specific example, an engineering boundary, and a mastery check.

12 min read • Intermediate

class-only protocols is an atomic Swift topic inside Classes and Protocols. The example uses the named construct directly so you can see its syntax, data flow, and observable behavior.

Read the code by locating the exact feature named class-only protocols, then trace the value before and after that feature runs. This lesson is intentionally isolated from neighboring topics: changing identifiers alone would not reproduce the same behavior because the construct itself is different.

Topic-specific example

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protocol Cache:AnyObject{func clear()};final class Memory:Cache{func clear(){print("cleared")}};Memory().clear()
Edge case / engineering note

For class-only protocols, test the boundary that makes the feature meaningful: invalid input, an empty value, a missing branch, lifecycle/cleanup, or a type/runtime constraint. Do not infer correctness only from the happy path.

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