//
//  BaseModel.swift
//  MVMCoreUI
//
//  Created by Suresh, Kamlesh on 9/10/19.
//  Copyright © 2019 Verizon Wireless. All rights reserved.
//

import Foundation


public class BaseModel: Codable {
    
    public var moleculeName: String?
   // public var dictionaryRepresentation: [AnyHashable: Any]
    
    private enum CodingKeys : String, CodingKey {
        case moleculeName
    }
    
    public required init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        moleculeName = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: CodingKeys.moleculeName)
    }
    
    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
        //try super.encode(to: encoder)
        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
        try container.encode(moleculeName, forKey: .moleculeName)
    }
    
//    //init
//    public init(_ dictionary:[AnyHashable: Any]){
//        dictionaryRepresentation = dictionary
//    }
//
//    public func getString(_ key:String) -> String {
//        return dictionaryRepresentation[key] as? String ?? ""
//    }
//
//    public func getOptionalString(_ key:String) -> String? {
//        return dictionaryRepresentation[key] as? String ?? nil
//    }
//
//    public func dictionaryForKey(_ key : String) -> [String : Any]? {
//        let dict = dictionaryRepresentation.dictionaryForKey(key)
//        if dict.count > 0 {
//            return dict
//        }
//        return nil
//    }
//
//    public func arrayForKey(_ key : String) -> Array<Dictionary<AnyHashable, Any>>? {
//        return dictionaryRepresentation.arrayForKey(key) as? Array<Dictionary<AnyHashable, Any>>
//    }
//
//    public func convertStringToBool(_ string:String)-> Bool{
//        var converter = dictionaryRepresentation[string] as? String ?? ""
//        converter = converter.lowercased()
//        let convertedValue = converter == "true" || converter == "yes"
//        return convertedValue
//    }
}