keypaths in swift

Generated on 9/19/2024

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In the context of Swift, keypaths are used to reference properties of types in a type-safe manner. In the session titled "What’s new in SwiftData" at WWDC 2024, it was mentioned that SwiftData can generate and save metadata in a container to make queries for specified keypaths faster and more efficient. By declaring which properties should be indexed, you can optimize queries that frequently involve sorting and filtering, such as those using name, start, and end date properties in an app like Trips. This is achieved using the index macro to specify keypaths, which enhances the performance of queries in SwiftUI with the predicate macro and expressions.

For more details, you can refer to the session What’s new in SwiftData (12:23).

What’s new in SwiftUI

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What’s new in SwiftData

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