/**
 * Copyright IBM Corporation 2016
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 **/

import SwiftyJSON

/**
 * Functions as a factory to create instances of the AppEnv structure.
 */
public struct CloudEnvironment {

  public static func getAppEnv(options: JSON = [:]) throws -> AppEnv {
    return try AppEnv(options: options)
  }

}

/**
 * Copyright IBM Corporation 2016
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 **/

import SwiftyJSON

/**
* Functions as a factory to create instances of the AppEnv structure.
*/
public struct CloudEnvironment {
  public static func getAppEnv(options: JSON) throws -> AppEnv {
    return try AppEnv(options: options)
}

  public static func getAppEnv() throws -> AppEnv  {
   let options:JSON = [:]
   return try getAppEnv(options: options)
 }

}

--- 
+++ 
@@ -17,16 +17,12 @@
 import SwiftyJSON
 
 /**
-* Functions as a factory to create instances of the AppEnv structure.
-*/
+ * Functions as a factory to create instances of the AppEnv structure.
+ */
 public struct CloudEnvironment {
-  public static func getAppEnv(options: JSON) throws -> AppEnv {
+
+  public static func getAppEnv(options: JSON = [:]) throws -> AppEnv {
     return try AppEnv(options: options)
-}
-
-  public static func getAppEnv() throws -> AppEnv  {
-   let options:JSON = [:]
-   return try getAppEnv(options: options)
- }
+  }
 
 }
Use default arguments to remove boilerplate code
