Loading objects from Nib

NibLoadable.swift

// If you want to create some common way to load objects from nibs, you will probably try something like that:
protocol NibLoadable: class {
    static func fromNib() -> Self?
    static func nibName() -> String
}

extension NibLoadable {
    static func nibName() -> String {
        return String(describing: Self.self)
    }

    static func fromNib() -> Self? {
        let nibContent = Bundle(for: Self.self).loadNibNamed(nibName(), owner: nil, options: nil)
        return nibContent?.first { $0 is Self } as? Self
    }
}

extension UIView: NibLoadable { }

// But oups! 
// Method 'fromNib()' in non-final class 'UIView' must return `Self` to conform to protocol 'NibLoadable'
// So what happend? 
// UIView and all of its subclasses are adopting the NibLoadable protocol. It means, for UIView, that there will be
// method static func fromNib() -> UIView?
// Every UIView's subclasses will inherit this method, but protocol confirmance inherited too and expect
// static func fromNib() -> ChildView? method. So any subclass will violate protocol confirmance.

// So, should I create this function by hands for every class I want to load from nib?
// No! Here another generic solution, but not so elegant as protocol with default implementation:

func loadFromNib<T: AnyObject>(named nibName: String = String(describing: T.self)) -> T? {
    let nibContent = Bundle(for: T.self).loadNibNamed(nibName, owner: nil, options: nil)
    return nibContent?.first { $0 is T } as? T
}