The difference between Swift-anyobject and any

1, AnyObject: represents an object instance of any class type.

class Man {
}
 
class Woman {
}
 
let man = Man ()
let woman = Woman ()
var arr: [AnyObject] = [man, woman]
 
for people in arr {
    if let m = people as? Man {
        println ("This is a man")
    } else if let w = people as? Woman {
        println ("This is a woman")
    }
}

2, Any: a wider range, representing any type of instance except functions.


class Man {
}
 
class Woman {
}
 
var arr: [Any] = [Any] ()
arr.apppend (1)
arr.append ("hangge.com")
arr.append (Man ())
arr.append (Woman ())
 
for any in arr {
    switch any {
        case let any as Int:
            println ("This is an Int type")
        case let any as String:
            println ("This is a String type")
        case let any as Man:
            println ("This is a man type")
        case let any as Woman:
            println ("This is a woman type")
        default:
            println ("This is an unknown type")
    }
}