A protocol defines signatures or types of methods, properties, and other requirements that fit to a specific task or piece of functionality. The protocol doesn't actually implement any functionality. It only describes what an implementation will look like. A class, structure, or enumeration that provides an actual implementation of requirements can adopt the protocol. Protocols use the same syntax as normal methods but are not allowed to specify default values for method parameters.

The is operator can be used to check whether an instance conforms to a protocol. We can check for protocol conformance only if our protocol is marked with @objc for classes. The as operator can be used to cast to a specific protocol.