Using Generics to simplify subclassing UIViewController’s view

subclassing-uiviewcontrollers.swift

//refs: https://codeinswift.io/using-generics-to-simplify-subclassing-uiviewcontrollers-view-860c90852e27

class ViewController<UI: UIView>: UIViewController {
    let ui = UI(frame: UIScreen.main.bounds)
    
    override func loadView() {
        self.view = ui
    }
}

class ProductsListViewController: ViewController<ProductsListView> {
    override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
        
    ui.tableView.reloadData()
}