feat: Static encoders/decoder access (#259)

* Static encoders/decoder

* Update CHANGELOG.md

Author: cbaker6

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/compare/2.0.1...main)
 * _Contributing to this repo? Add info about your change here to be included in the next release_
 
+__Improvements__
+- Add static methods for accessing encoders/decoder so developers do not have to create instances to access ([#259](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/pull/259)), thanks to [Corey Baker](https://github.com/cbaker6).
+
 ### 2.0.1
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/parse-community/Parse-Swift/compare/2.0.0...2.0.1)
 

Sources/ParseSwift/Coding/Extensions.swift

@@ -20,22 +20,42 @@ internal extension Date {
 
 // MARK: Coding
 public extension ParseObject {
+
     /// The Parse encoder is used to JSON encode all `ParseObject`s and
     /// types in a way meaninful for a Parse Server to consume.
-    func getEncoder() -> ParseEncoder {
+    static func getEncoder() -> ParseEncoder {
         return ParseCoding.parseEncoder()
     }
 
+    /// The Parse encoder is used to JSON encode all `ParseObject`s and
+    /// types in a way meaninful for a Parse Server to consume.
+    func getEncoder() -> ParseEncoder {
+        return Self.getEncoder()
+    }
+
     /// The JSON encoder setup with the correct `dateEncodingStrategy`
     /// strategy to send data to a Parse Server.
-    func getJSONEncoder() -> JSONEncoder {
+    static func getJSONEncoder() -> JSONEncoder {
         return ParseCoding.jsonEncoder()
     }
 
+    /// The JSON encoder setup with the correct `dateEncodingStrategy`
+    /// strategy to send data to a Parse Server.
+    func getJSONEncoder() -> JSONEncoder {
+        return Self.getJSONEncoder()
+    }
+
     /// The JSON decoder setup with the correct `dateDecodingStrategy`
     /// strategy to decode data from a Parse Server. This encoder is used to decode all data received
     /// from the server.
-    func getDecoder() -> JSONDecoder {
+    static func getDecoder() -> JSONDecoder {
         ParseCoding.jsonDecoder()
     }
+
+    /// The JSON decoder setup with the correct `dateDecodingStrategy`
+    /// strategy to decode data from a Parse Server. This encoder is used to decode all data received
+    /// from the server.
+    func getDecoder() -> JSONDecoder {
+        Self.getDecoder()
+    }
 }

Tests/ParseSwiftTests/ParseObjectTests.swift

@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class ParseObjectTests: XCTestCase { // swiftlint:disable:this type_body_length
         do {
             encoded = try ParseCoding.jsonEncoder().encode(scoreOnServer)
             //Get dates in correct format from ParseDecoding strategy
-            scoreOnServer = try scoreOnServer.getDecoder().decode(GameScore.self, from: encoded)
+            scoreOnServer = try GameScore.getDecoder().decode(GameScore.self, from: encoded)
         } catch {
             XCTFail("Should encode/decode. Error \(error)")
             return
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ class ParseObjectTests: XCTestCase { // swiftlint:disable:this type_body_length
         scoreOnServer.ACL = nil
         let encoded: Data!
         do {
-            encoded = try scoreOnServer.getEncoder().encode(scoreOnServer, skipKeys: .none)
+            encoded = try GameScore.getEncoder().encode(scoreOnServer, skipKeys: .none)
             //Get dates in correct format from ParseDecoding strategy
             scoreOnServer = try scoreOnServer.getDecoder().decode(GameScore.self, from: encoded)
         } catch {
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ class ParseObjectTests: XCTestCase { // swiftlint:disable:this type_body_length
 
         let encoded: Data!
         do {
-            encoded = try scoreOnServer.getJSONEncoder().encode(response)
+            encoded = try GameScore.getJSONEncoder().encode(response)
             //Get dates in correct format from ParseDecoding strategy
             let encodedScoreOnServer = try scoreOnServer.getEncoder().encode(scoreOnServer)
             scoreOnServer = try scoreOnServer.getDecoder().decode(GameScore.self, from: encodedScoreOnServer)