From f2102492f69eae9f9cf70130779927d7c5ed5ea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Matthew Hedden <kyle.hedden@verizonwireless.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:19:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add optional dictionary convenience function

---
 .../MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift  | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
index 2b467aa..8e11396 100644
--- a/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
+++ b/MVMCore/MVMCore/Categories/Dictionary+MFConvenience.swift
@@ -193,3 +193,13 @@ public extension Dictionary {
         return previousObject
     }
 }
+
+public extension Optional where Wrapped == Dictionary<AnyHashable, Any> {
+    
+    func dictionaryAdding(key: AnyHashable, value: Any) -> Dictionary<AnyHashable, Any> {
+        var dictionary = self ?? [:]
+        dictionary[key] = value
+        return dictionary
+    }
+    
+}