Swift Class name as a String

Name.swift

//: Playground - noun: a place where people can play
import UIKit

// Option 1 ---------------------------

protocol DescribeableClass {
    static func className() -> String
}

extension DescribeableClass {
    static func className() -> String {
        return String(self.self)
    }
}

class Thing: DescribeableClass {
}

Thing.className() // => "Thing"


// Option 2 ---------------------------

class AnotherThing {
    static let name = {
        return String(AnotherThing.self)
    }()
}

AnotherThing.name // => "AnotherThing"


// Option 3 ---------------------------

func nameOfClass(subject: AnyClass) -> String {
    return String(subject.self)
}

class YetAnotherThing {
}

nameOfClass(YetAnotherThing) // => "YetAnotherThing"

Discovered the String(AClass.self) trick from this StackOverflow answer