How to invoke [self new] in Swift - objective-c

Question

Here is an UIView extension written in ObjectiveC to easily create view for using Auto-layout:
+(id)autolayoutView
{
UIView *view = [self new];
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = NO;
return view;
}
it invokes [self new] so any subclass of UIView can use this method. How can I achieve this in Swift?

Answer 1

OK, this appears to be the solution. The type must have a required initializer with the correct parameter list (in this case no parameters).
class SubView: UIView {
override required init() {
super.init()
}
required init(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
super.init(coder: aDecoder)
}
class func autolayoutView() -> UIView {
var view = self()
view.setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints(false)
return view
}
}

Answer 2

Though both Carrl and Gregory Higley are right with there solutions, including thr remark about the fact that self() needs to use a required init i wanted to post a more general example:
class Human {
var gender = String()
required init() {
self.gender = "any"
}
class func newHuman() -> Human {
return self()
}
}
class Man : Human {
required init() {
super.init()
self.gender = "male"
}
}
var someMan = Man.newHuman()
println(someMan.gender) // male

Answer 3

Inspired by Gregory Higley, i think the solution is here:
extension UIView{
class func autolayoutView() -> UIView {
var view = self()
view.setTranslatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints(false)
return view
}
}
Update for Swift2.1:
extension UIView{
class func autolayoutView() -> UIView {
let view = self.init()
view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
return view
}
}