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NSDictionary with some values as functions and UIImages to swift object. Help needed!

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Hello! Would appreciate any advices!

I have an issue to solve and it seems I can't find the answer anywhere. Some context: we are updating our ios app and the production version is written in obj-c, but new UI features we develop in Swift. Therefore we have a dictionary with some values for our Swift side of development which contains a lot of important data for the UI. As for now we are just looping the dict to fetch the values. I want to convert it to a swift object, so it would be easier to access the needed values. The problem is that the dictionary contains values that are function calls and UIImage type. What would be the smartest way to parse this dictionary to a swift object? The dictionary:

let dict : [String: Any] = [
    "keySelectedMenuButton" : 0,
    "keySettButtCallback"  : settTapCallback,
    "keyInfoButtCallback"  : logoTapCallback,
    "keyObjectMenuCallback": menuButtonTapCallback,
    "buttonListChanged"    : doneEditTapCallback,
    "keyObjectArray"      : [
        ["keyObjectTitle"    : "Home",
         //  "keyObjectLineImage": UIImage(named: "objektu atskyrimas_4x")!,
            "keyObjCtrlButtCollectionArray" : [

                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Smart Menu",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //"keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_rocket")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap1Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Lock",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "doors",
                 //"keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_lock_1@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTapCallback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Unlock",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "Gates",
                 // "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_lock_0@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTapCallback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Ignore",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //  "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_shield@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap1Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Stop",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //  "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_stop")!
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap2Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "State",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //   "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_query@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap3Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Controller",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //   "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_settings_lines")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap1Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Logs",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //  "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_log@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap2Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Notifications",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //   "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_notifications")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap3Callback
                ]]
        ],
        ["keyObjectTitle":"Auto",
         //"keyObjectLineImage": UIImage(named: "objektu atskyrimas_4x")!,
            "keyObjCtrlButtCollectionArray" : [
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Smart Menu",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //  "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_rocket")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap2Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Lock",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "Backdoor",
                 //   "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_lock_1@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTapCallback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Unlock",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "Fence",
                 //    "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_lock_0@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTapCallback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Ignore",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //    "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_shield@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap1Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Stop",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //   "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_stop")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap3Callback
                ]]
        ],
        ["keyObjectTitle":"Rusys",
         //   "keyObjectLineImage": UIImage(),
            "keyObjCtrlButtCollectionArray" : [
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Smart Menu",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //    "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_rocket")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTap1Callback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Lock",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //      "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_lock_1@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTapCallback
                ],
                ["keyCtrlItemTitle"      : "Unlock",
                 "keyCtrlItemSubtitle"   : "",
                 //         "keyCtrlItemImage"      : UIImage(named: "ico_lock_0@x3")!,
                    "keyCtrlObjectAfterTap" : buttonTapCallback
                ]]
        ]
    ]
]

func logoTapCallback(){
    print("logo tapped")
    //callQRScanner()
    //GlobalStruct.editIsPressed = true
}

func menuButtonTapCallback() {
    print("menu button tapped ")

}

func buttonTapCallback(){
    print("button tapped")
    //mainVC?.view.showMessageView(title: "sss",text: "kazkas")
}

func buttonTap1Callback(){
    print("button tapped 1")
}

func buttonTap2Callback(){
    print("button tapped 2")
}

func buttonTap3Callback(){
    print("button tapped 3")
}

func settTapCallback(){
    print("settTap")
}

func doneEditTapCallback(){
    print("doneEditTap")
}

// Dictionary structure I would like to use:

struct InitialDictionaryStructure {
    var keySelectedMenuButton            : Int
    var keySettButtCallback              : ()->Void
    var keyInfoButtCallback              : ()->Void
    var keyObjectMenuCallback            : ()->Void
    var buttonListChanged                : ()->Void
    var keyObjectArray                   : [[Object]]

}

struct Object {
    var keyObjectTitle                   : String
    //var keyObjectLineImage               : UIImage
    var keyObjCtrlButtCollectionArray    : [Button]

}

struct Button {
    var keyCtrlItemTitle                 : String
    var keyCtrlItemSubtitle              : String
    //var keyCtrlItemImage                 : UIImage
    var keyCtrlObjectAfterTap            : ()-> Void
}

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my question was answered in stackoverflow, if anyone is looking for a solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63225669/decode-nsdictionary-with-functions-inside-as-values-to-swift-object

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