How do I create an importable module in Swift?

I have read through Apple's documentation for Swift and can find nothing about how to create modules or how to define class or stucture members as private or public.

There are references to the import statement in the syntax but I can find no information on what it does or how to use it.

Does anyone know where I can find this?

Solution 1:

In Swift, "Modules" refers to Frameworks. Xcode now has a template for creating a framework project for both iOS and OS X.

There is currently no way to declare methods or properties public / protected. If you would like to see this added as a feature, you can make a feature request on Apple's bug reporter. It should also be noted that Apple has stated that the language could change with each release of Xcode, so it is possible that member access levels could be added before the public release.

Solution 2:

Also, there is a way to make a module by yourself, but it's a bit harder way.

If you'll look at xcrun swift -help you may see a few options, and there are -emit-module, -emit-library and -emit-object which might be useful, but, probably, you should prefer official way and distribute modules via Frameworks.

If you still want to make module on your own, you can read this guide with some explanation