emenegro/enum2switch

OS X action to generate a switch case from a given C/Objective-C enumeration.

enum2switch

OS X action to generate a switch case from a given C/Objective-C enumeration. The generated action can be used in a service that uses the selected text as input and copies the output in the clipboard.

A fully functional service can be downloaded from here. Double click on it to install and it will be accessible from the Services contextual menu, in every app. The generated switch will be copied in the clipboard.

Example

typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, WeekDay) {

    WeekDayMonday, 
    WeekDayTuesday, 
    WeekDayWednesday, 
    WeekDayThursday, 
    WeekDayFriday, 
    WeekDaySaturday,
    WeekDaySunday
};


WeekDay expression = <#value#>;
switch (expression) {

	case WeekDayMonday:
		break;

	case WeekDayTuesday:
		break;

	case WeekDayWednesday:
		break;

	case WeekDayThursday:
		break;

	case WeekDayFriday:
		break;

	case WeekDaySaturday:
		break;

	case WeekDaySunday:
		break;

	default:
		break;
}

Supported enum format

enum { }

enum { } Name;

enum Name { };

enum Name : Type { };

NS_ENUM(Type, Name) { };

Installation

1. Open the Xcode project and build.
2. Open the Products folder, right click on Enum2Switch.action > Show in Finder.
3. Double click to install in Automator and use as desired.