SOLVED: I don`t under stand why return is [String: Astronaut] not just [Astronaut]

@rakhyunkim

Dec '23

Hi, I would like to know that why return value is [String: Astronaut] not just [Astronaut]? while Mission is decoded just [Mission]

let astronauts: [String: Astronaut] = Bundle.main.decode("astronauts.json")

 let missions: [Mission] = Bundle.main.decode("missions.json")

please explain it to me.

Thanks :)

its "Loading a specific kind of Codable data" in MoonShot project

extension Bundle {
    func decode(_ file: String) -> [String: Astronaut] {
        guard let url = self.url(forResource: file, withExtension: nil) else {
            fatalError("Failed to locate \(file) in bundle.")
        }

        guard let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url) else {
            fatalError("Failed to load \(file) from bundle.")
        }

        let decoder = JSONDecoder()

        guard let loaded = try? decoder.decode([String: Astronaut].self, from: data) else {
            fatalError("Failed to decode \(file) from bundle.")
        }

        return loaded
    }
}

@roosterboy HWS+

Dec '23

Because missions.json consists of an array of Mission objects, as indicated by the fact that the outer brackets are square:

[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "crew": [
            {
                "name": "grissom",
                "role": "Command Pilot"
            },
            {
                "name": "white",
                "role": "Senior Pilot"
            },
            {
                "name": "chaffee",
                "role": "Pilot"
            }
        ],
        "description": "..."
    },
    {
        "id": 7,
        "launchDate": "1968-10-11",
        "crew": [
            {
                "name": "schirra",
                "role": "Commander"
            },
            {
                "name": "eisele",
                "role": "Command Module Pilot"
            },
            {
                "name": "cunningham",
                "role": "Lunar Module Pilot"
            }
        ],
        "description": "..."
    },
    etc...
]

While astronauts.json consists of a dictionary of String keys and Astronaut objects, as indicated by the fact that the outer brackets are curly:

{
    "grissom": {
        "id": "grissom",
        "name": "Virgil I. \"Gus\" Grissom",
        "description": "..."
    },
    "white": {
        "id": "white",
        "name": "Edward H. White II",
        "description": "..."
    },
    etc...
}

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