what swift concept is .overlay and body

Question

I'm following a basic swift guide but I'm struggling to understand this block of code:

struct CircleImage: View {
    var body: some View {
        Image("turtlerock")
            .clipShape(Circle())
            .overlay {
                Circle().stroke(.gray, lineWidth: 4)
            }
    }
}

specifically, what kind of swift concept/data structure is used in .overlay {} and var body: some View {} I've searched through the swift documentation and couldn't find related concepts.

user_3141234 · Answer

.overlay { ... } is a call of a method overlay with a closure argument, using trailing closure syntax
some View is an opaque result type
SwiftUI view bodies use result builders, in particular ViewBuilder.

what swift concept is .overlay and body

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