Is this system object pointer code at all possible in Swift? - objective-c

Question

I was pointed to this objc snippet from WWDC 14, but I work on a Swift project.
CMIOObjectPropertyAddress prop = {
kCMIOHardwarePropertyAllowScreenCaptureDevices,
kCMIOObjectPropertyScopeGlobal,
kCMIOObjectPropertyElementMaster
};
UInt32 allow = 1;
CMIOObjectSetPropertyData(kCMIOObjectSystemObject, &prop, 0, NULL, sizeof(allow), &allow);
I then tried rewriting to Swift:
var prop : CMIOObjectPropertyAddress {
kCMIOHardwarePropertyAllowScreenCaptureDevices
kCMIOObjectPropertyScopeGlobal
kCMIOObjectPropertyElementMaster
}
var allow:UInt32 = 1
CMIOObjectSetPropertyData(kCMIOObjectSystemObject, &prop, 0, nil, sizeof(UInt32), &allow)
But it doesn't even validate. I don't know how to translate the CMIOObjectPropertyAddress struct. Xcode says
/Users/mortenjust/Dropbox/hack/learning/screenrec/screenrec/deleteme.swift:32:61:
Cannot assign to a get-only property 'prop'

Answer 1

A C struct translates as a Swift struct. Use the implicit memberwise initializer:
var prop = CMIOObjectPropertyAddress(
mSelector: UInt32(kCMIOHardwarePropertyAllowScreenCaptureDevices),
mScope: UInt32(kCMIOObjectPropertyScopeGlobal),
mElement: UInt32(kCMIOObjectPropertyElementMaster))
The cool part is when you type CMIOObjectPropertyAddress(, code completion gives you the rest.

Answer 2

You're right, just got it running right this second. Turns out I also had to correct for some of the types. Here's the complete translation:
var prop = CMIOObjectPropertyAddress(
mSelector: CMIOObjectPropertySelector(kCMIOHardwarePropertyAllowScreenCaptureDevices),
mScope: CMIOObjectPropertyScope(kCMIOObjectPropertyScopeGlobal),
mElement: CMIOObjectPropertyElement(kCMIOObjectPropertyElementMaster))
var allow : UInt32 = 1
var dataSize : UInt32 = 4
var zero : UInt32 = 0
CMIOObjectSetPropertyData(CMIOObjectID(kCMIOObjectSystemObject), &prop, zero, nil, dataSize, &allow)
var session = AVCaptureSession()
session.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSessionPresetHigh
var devices = AVCaptureDevice.devices()
for device in AVCaptureDevice.devices() {
println(device)
}