feat: Add emptyObject property for sending modified keys to server

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 # Parse-Swift Changelog
 
 ### main
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/compare/1.9.10...main)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/compare/1.10.0...main)
 * _Contributing to this repo? Add info about your change here to be included in the next release_
 
+### 1.10.0
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/compare/1.9.9...1.10.0)
+
+__Improvements__
+- (Breaking Change) Provide ParseObject property, emptyObject, that makes it easy to send only modified keys to the server. This change "might" be breaking depending on your implementation as it requires ParseObjects to now have an empty initializer, init() ([#243](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/pull/243)), thanks to [Corey Baker](https://github.com/cbaker6).
+
 __Fixes__
 - ParseUser shouldn't send email if it hasn't been modified or else email verification is resent ([#241](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/pull/241)), thanks to [Corey Baker](https://github.com/cbaker6).
 
 ### 1.9.10
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/compare/1.9.9...1.9.10)
+
 __Fixes__
 - ParseInstallation can't be retreived from Keychain after the first fun ([#236](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/pull/236)), thanks to [Corey Baker](https://github.com/cbaker6).
 

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/1 - Your first Object.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
 
     //: Your own properties.
     var score: Int = 0
+}
+
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
 
-    //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score
     }
@@ -62,6 +66,11 @@ struct GameData: ParseObject {
     //: `ParseBytes` needs to be a part of the original schema
     //: or else you will need your masterKey to force an upgrade.
     var bytes: ParseBytes?
+}
+
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameData {
 
     init (bytes: ParseBytes?, polygon: ParsePolygon) {
         self.bytes = bytes
@@ -87,9 +96,11 @@ score.save { result in
         assert(savedScore.score == 10)
 
         /*: To modify, need to make it a var as the value type
-            was initialized as immutable.
+            was initialized as immutable. Using `emptyObject`
+            allows you to only send the updated keys to the
+            parse server as opposed to the whole object.
         */
-        var changedScore = savedScore
+        var changedScore = savedScore.emptyObject
         changedScore.score = 200
         changedScore.save { result in
             switch result {
@@ -177,9 +188,11 @@ assert(savedScore?.updatedAt != nil)
 assert(savedScore?.score == 10)
 
 /*:  To modify, need to make it a var as the value type
-    was initialized as immutable.
+    was initialized as immutable. Using `emptyObject`
+    allows you to only send the updated keys to the
+    parse server as opposed to the whole object.
 */
-guard var changedScore = savedScore else {
+guard var changedScore = savedScore?.emptyObject else {
     fatalError()
 }
 changedScore.score = 200

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/10 - Cloud Code.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
 
     //: Your own properties.
     var score: Int = 0
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/11 - LiveQuery.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
     var score: Int = 0
     var location: ParseGeoPoint?
     var name: String?
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(name: String, score: Int) {
         self.name = name

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/13 - Operations.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
 
     //: Your own properties.
     var score: Int = 0
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/15 - Custom ObjectId.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
 
     //: Your own properties.
     var score: Int = 0
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(objectId: String, score: Int) {
         self.objectId = objectId
@@ -64,9 +68,11 @@ score.save { result in
         print("Saved score: \(savedScore)")
 
         /*: To modify, need to make it a var as the value type
-            was initialized as immutable.
+            was initialized as immutable. Using `emptyObject`
+            allows you to only send the updated keys to the
+            parse server as opposed to the whole object.
         */
-        var changedScore = savedScore
+        var changedScore = savedScore.emptyObject
         changedScore.score = 200
         changedScore.save { result in
             switch result {

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/17 - SwiftUI - Finding Objects.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject, Identifiable {
     var location: ParseGeoPoint?
     var name: String?
     var myFiles: [ParseFile]?
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(name: String, score: Int) {
         self.name = name

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/18 - SwiftUI - Finding Objects With Custom ViewModel.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject, Identifiable {
     var score: Int = 0
     var location: ParseGeoPoint?
     var name: String?
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(name: String, score: Int) {
         self.name = name

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/19 - SwiftUI - LiveQuery.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
     var score: Int = 0
     var location: ParseGeoPoint?
     var name: String?
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(name: String, score: Int) {
         self.name = name
@@ -75,9 +79,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                 Text("Not subscribed to a query")
             }
 
-            Spacer()
-
-            Text("Update GameScore in Parse Dashboard to see changes here")
+            Text("Update GameScore in Parse Dashboard to see changes here:")
 
             Button(action: {
                 try? query.unsubscribe()
@@ -88,8 +90,8 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                     .foregroundColor(.white)
                     .padding()
                     .cornerRadius(20.0)
-                    .frame(width: 300, height: 50)
             })
+            Spacer()
         }
     }
 }

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/4 - User - Continued.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ struct User: ParseUser {
     var score: GameScore?
     var targetScore: GameScore?
     var allScores: [GameScore]?
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension User {
     //: Custom init for signup.
     init(username: String, password: String, email: String) {
         self.username = username
@@ -51,7 +55,11 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
 
     //: Your own properties.
     var score: Int? = 0
+}
 
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
     //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score
@@ -95,12 +103,15 @@ User.login(username: "hello", password: "world") { result in
     Asynchrounously - Performs work on background
     queue and returns to specified callbackQueue.
     If no callbackQueue is specified it returns to main queue.
+    Using `emptyObject` allows you to only send the updated keys to the
+    parse server as opposed to the whole object.
 */
-User.current?.customKey = "myCustom"
-User.current?.score = GameScore(score: 12)
-User.current?.targetScore = GameScore(score: 100)
-User.current?.allScores = [GameScore(score: 5), GameScore(score: 8)]
-User.current?.save { result in
+var currentUser = User.current?.emptyObject
+currentUser?.customKey = "myCustom"
+currentUser?.score = GameScore(score: 12)
+currentUser?.targetScore = GameScore(score: 100)
+currentUser?.allScores = [GameScore(score: 5), GameScore(score: 8)]
+currentUser?.save { result in
 
     switch result {
     case .success(let updatedUser):
@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ do {
 //: you should create an instance of your user first.
 var newUser = User(username: "parse", password: "aPassword*", email: "[email protected]")
 //: Add any other additional information.
-newUser.targetScore = .init(score: 40)
+newUser.customKey = "mind"
 newUser.signup { result in
 
     switch result {
@@ -199,9 +210,10 @@ User.anonymous.login { result in
 }
 
 //: Convert the anonymous user to a real new user.
-User.current?.username = "bye"
-User.current?.password = "world"
-User.current?.signup { result in
+var currentUser2 = User.current?.emptyObject
+currentUser2?.username = "bye"
+currentUser2?.password = "world"
+currentUser2?.signup { result in
     switch result {
 
     case .success(let user):

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/5 - ACL.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
     //: Your own properties
     var score: Int
 
-    //: a custom initializer
+    init() {
+        self.score = 0
+    }
+}
+
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
+    //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score
     }

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/6 - Installation.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ struct Installation: ParseInstallation {
     designated callbackQueue. If no callbackQueue is specified it
     returns to main queue.
  */
-Installation.current?.customKey = "myCustomInstallationKey2"
-Installation.current?.save { results in
+var currentInstallation = Installation.current
+currentInstallation?.customKey = "myCustomInstallationKey2"
+currentInstallation?.save { results in
 
     switch results {
     case .success(let updatedInstallation):
@@ -56,10 +57,13 @@ Installation.current?.save { results in
 /*: Update your `ParseInstallation` `customKey` value.
     Performs work on background queue and returns to designated on
     designated callbackQueue. If no callbackQueue is specified it
-    returns to main queue.
+    returns to main queue. Using `emptyObject` allows you to only
+    send the updated keys to the parse server as opposed to the
+    whole object.
  */
-Installation.current?.customKey = "updatedValue"
-Installation.current?.save { results in
+currentInstallation = currentInstallation?.emptyObject
+currentInstallation?.customKey = "updatedValue"
+currentInstallation?.save { results in
 
     switch results {
     case .success(let updatedInstallation):

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/7 - GeoPoint.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
     var updatedAt: Date?
     var ACL: ParseACL?
     var location: ParseGeoPoint?
+
     //: Your own properties
     var score: Int?
+}
 
-    //: A custom initializer.
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
+    //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score
     }

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/8 - Pointers.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ struct Book: ParseObject {
 
     //: Your own properties.
     var title: String?
+}
+
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension Book {
 
     init(title: String) {
         self.title = title
@@ -42,6 +47,15 @@ struct Author: ParseObject {
     var book: Book
     var otherBooks: [Book]?
 
+    init() {
+        self.name = "hello"
+        self.book = Book()
+    }
+}
+
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension Author {
     init(name: String, book: Book) {
         self.name = name
         self.book = book

ParseSwift.playground/Pages/9 - Files.xcplaygroundpage/Contents.swift

@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ struct GameScore: ParseObject {
     var score: Int = 0
     var profilePicture: ParseFile?
     var myData: ParseFile?
+}
 
-    //custom initializer
+//: It's recommended to place custom initializers in an extension
+//: to preserve the convenience initializer.
+extension GameScore {
+    //: Custom initializer.
     init(score: Int) {
         self.score = score
     }