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  • package root

    This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.

    This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.

    Package structure

    The scala package contains core types like Int, Float, Array or Option which are accessible in all Scala compilation units without explicit qualification or imports.

    Notable packages include:

    Other packages exist. See the complete list on the right.

    Additional parts of the standard library are shipped as separate libraries. These include:

    • scala.reflect - Scala's reflection API (scala-reflect.jar)
    • scala.xml - XML parsing, manipulation, and serialization (scala-xml.jar)
    • scala.swing - A convenient wrapper around Java's GUI framework called Swing (scala-swing.jar)
    • scala.util.parsing - Parser combinators, including an example implementation of a JSON parser (scala-parser-combinators.jar)

    Automatic imports

    Identifiers in the scala package and the scala.Predef object are always in scope by default.

    Some of these identifiers are type aliases provided as shortcuts to commonly used classes. For example, List is an alias for scala.collection.immutable.List.

    Other aliases refer to classes provided by the underlying platform. For example, on the JVM, String is an alias for java.lang.String.

    Definition Classes
    root
  • package scala

    Core Scala types.

    Core Scala types. They are always available without an explicit import.

    Definition Classes
    root
  • package concurrent

    This package object contains primitives for concurrent and parallel programming.

    This package object contains primitives for concurrent and parallel programming.

    Guide

    A more detailed guide to Futures and Promises, including discussion and examples can be found at http://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/core/futures.html.

    Common Imports

    When working with Futures, you will often find that importing the whole concurrent package is convenient, furthermore you are likely to need an implicit ExecutionContext in scope for many operations involving Futures and Promises:

    import scala.concurrent._
import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global

    Specifying Durations

    Operations often require a duration to be specified. A duration DSL is available to make defining these easier:

    import scala.concurrent.duration._
val d: Duration = 10.seconds

    Using Futures For Non-blocking Computation

    Basic use of futures is easy with the factory method on Future, which executes a provided function asynchronously, handing you back a future result of that function without blocking the current thread. In order to create the Future you will need either an implicit or explicit ExecutionContext to be provided:

    import scala.concurrent._
import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global  // implicit execution context

val firstZebra: Future[Int] = Future {
  val source = scala.io.Source.fromFile("/etc/dictionaries-common/words")
  source.toSeq.indexOfSlice("zebra")
}

    Avoid Blocking

    Although blocking is possible in order to await results (with a mandatory timeout duration):

    import scala.concurrent.duration._
Await.result(firstZebra, 10.seconds)

    and although this is sometimes necessary to do, in particular for testing purposes, blocking in general is discouraged when working with Futures and concurrency in order to avoid potential deadlocks and improve performance. Instead, use callbacks or combinators to remain in the future domain:

    val animalRange: Future[Int] = for {
  aardvark <- firstAardvark
  zebra <- firstZebra
} yield zebra - aardvark

animalRange.onSuccess {
  case x if x > 500000 => println("It's a long way from Aardvark to Zebra")
}
    Definition Classes
    scala
  • package duration
    Definition Classes
    concurrent
  • Deadline
  • DoubleMult
  • Duration
  • DurationConversions
  • DurationDouble
  • DurationInt
  • DurationLong
  • FiniteDuration
  • IntMult
  • LongMult
  • fromNow
  • span

object Duration extends Serializable

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Duration.scala
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  1. sealed abstract class Infinite extends Duration

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  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

    Test two objects for inequality.

    Test two objects for inequality.

    returns

    true if !(this == that), false otherwise.

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef → Any
  2. final def ##(): Int

    Equivalent to x.hashCode except for boxed numeric types and null.

    Equivalent to x.hashCode except for boxed numeric types and null. For numerics, it returns a hash value which is consistent with value equality: if two value type instances compare as true, then ## will produce the same hash value for each of them. For null returns a hashcode where null.hashCode throws a NullPointerException.

    returns

    a hash value consistent with ==

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  3. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

    The expression x == that is equivalent to if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that).

    The expression x == that is equivalent to if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that).

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

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  4. val Inf: Infinite

    Infinite duration: greater than any other (apart from Undefined) and not equal to any other but itself.

    Infinite duration: greater than any other (apart from Undefined) and not equal to any other but itself. This value closely corresponds to Double.PositiveInfinity, matching its semantics in arithmetic operations.

  5. val MinusInf: Infinite

    Infinite duration: less than any other and not equal to any other but itself.

    Infinite duration: less than any other and not equal to any other but itself. This value closely corresponds to Double.NegativeInfinity, matching its semantics in arithmetic operations.

  6. val Undefined: Infinite

    The Undefined value corresponds closely to Double.NaN:

    The Undefined value corresponds closely to Double.NaN:

    • it is the result of otherwise invalid operations
    • it does not equal itself (according to equals())
    • it compares greater than any other Duration apart from itself (for which compare returns 0)

    The particular comparison semantics mirror those of Double.NaN.

    Use eq when checking an input of a method against this value.

  7. val Zero: FiniteDuration

    Preconstructed value of 0.days.

  8. def apply(s: String): Duration

    Parse String into Duration.

    Parse String into Duration. Format is "<length><unit>", where whitespace is allowed before, between and after the parts. Infinities are designated by "Inf", "PlusInf", "+Inf" and "-Inf" or "MinusInf".

    Exceptions thrown

    NumberFormatException if format is not parsable

  9. def apply(length: Long, unit: String): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation. Valid choices are:

    d, day, h, hour, min, minute, s, sec, second, ms, milli, millisecond, µs, micro, microsecond, ns, nano, nanosecond and their pluralized forms (for every but the first mentioned form of each unit, i.e. no "ds", but "days").

  10. def apply(length: Long, unit: TimeUnit): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit. The unit given is retained throughout calculations as long as possible, so that it can be retrieved later.

  11. def apply(length: Double, unit: TimeUnit): Duration

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit.

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit. Observe that nanosecond precision may be lost if

    • the unit is NANOSECONDS
    • and the length has an absolute value greater than 2^53

    Infinite inputs (and NaN) are converted into Duration.Inf, Duration.MinusInf and Duration.Undefined, respectively.

    Exceptions thrown

    IllegalArgumentException if the length was finite but the resulting duration cannot be expressed as a FiniteDuration

  12. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

    Cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

    Cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

    Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.asInstanceOf[String] will throw a ClassCastException at runtime, while the expression List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]] will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested type.

    returns

    the receiver object.

    Definition Classes
    Any
    Exceptions thrown

    ClassCastException if the receiver object is not an instance of the erasure of type T0.

  13. def clone(): AnyRef

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    The default implementation of the clone method is platform dependent.

    returns

    a copy of the receiver object.

    Attributes
    protected[java.lang]
    Definition Classes
    AnyRef
    Annotations
    @throws( ... )
    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  14. def create(s: String): Duration

    Parse String into Duration.

    Parse String into Duration. Format is "<length><unit>", where whitespace is allowed before, between and after the parts. Infinities are designated by "Inf", "PlusInf", "+Inf" and "-Inf" or "MinusInf".

    Exceptions thrown

    NumberFormatException if format is not parsable

  15. def create(length: Long, unit: String): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit, where the latter is looked up in a list of string representation. Valid choices are:

    d, day, h, hour, min, minute, s, sec, second, ms, milli, millisecond, µs, micro, microsecond, ns, nano, nanosecond and their pluralized forms (for every but the first mentioned form of each unit, i.e. no "ds", but "days").

  16. def create(length: Double, unit: TimeUnit): Duration

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit.

    Construct a Duration from the given length and unit. Observe that nanosecond precision may be lost if

    • the unit is NANOSECONDS
    • and the length has an absolute value greater than 2^53

    Infinite inputs (and NaN) are converted into Duration.Inf, Duration.MinusInf and Duration.Undefined, respectively.

    Exceptions thrown

    IllegalArgumentException if the length was finite but the resulting duration cannot be expressed as a FiniteDuration

  17. def create(length: Long, unit: TimeUnit): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit.

    Construct a finite duration from the given length and time unit. The unit given is retained throughout calculations as long as possible, so that it can be retrieved later.

  18. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Tests whether the argument (that) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

    Tests whether the argument (that) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

    The eq method implements an equivalence relation on non-null instances of AnyRef, and has three additional properties:

    • It is consistent: for any non-null instances x and y of type AnyRef, multiple invocations of x.eq(y) consistently returns true or consistently returns false.
    • For any non-null instance x of type AnyRef, x.eq(null) and null.eq(x) returns false.
    • null.eq(null) returns true.

    When overriding the equals or hashCode methods, it is important to ensure that their behavior is consistent with reference equality. Therefore, if two objects are references to each other (o1 eq o2), they should be equal to each other (o1 == o2) and they should hash to the same value (o1.hashCode == o2.hashCode).

    returns

    true if the argument is a reference to the receiver object; false otherwise.

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  19. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

    The equality method for reference types.

    The equality method for reference types. Default implementation delegates to eq.

    See also equals in scala.Any.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

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  20. def finalize(): Unit

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    The details of when and if the finalize method is invoked, as well as the interaction between finalize and non-local returns and exceptions, are all platform dependent.

    Attributes
    protected[java.lang]
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    AnyRef
    Annotations
    @throws( classOf[java.lang.Throwable] )
    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  21. def fromNanos(nanos: Long): FiniteDuration

    Construct a finite duration from the given number of nanoseconds.

    Construct a finite duration from the given number of nanoseconds. The result will have the coarsest possible time unit which can exactly express this duration.

    Exceptions thrown

    IllegalArgumentException for Long.MinValue since that would lead to inconsistent behavior afterwards (cannot be negated)

  22. def fromNanos(nanos: Double): Duration

    Construct a possibly infinite or undefined Duration from the given number of nanoseconds.

    Construct a possibly infinite or undefined Duration from the given number of nanoseconds.

    The semantics of the resulting Duration objects matches the semantics of their Double counterparts with respect to arithmetic operations.

    Exceptions thrown

    IllegalArgumentException if the length was finite but the resulting duration cannot be expressed as a FiniteDuration

  23. final def getClass(): Class[_]

    Returns the runtime class representation of the object.

    Returns the runtime class representation of the object.

    returns

    a class object corresponding to the runtime type of the receiver.

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef → Any
  24. def hashCode(): Int

    The hashCode method for reference types.

    The hashCode method for reference types. See hashCode in scala.Any.

    returns

    the hash code value for this object.

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef → Any
  25. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

    Note that the result of the test is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.isInstanceOf[String] will return false, while the expression List(1).isInstanceOf[List[String]] will return true. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the specified type.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is an instance of erasure of type T0; false otherwise.

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    Any
  26. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Equivalent to !(this eq that).

    Equivalent to !(this eq that).

    returns

    true if the argument is not a reference to the receiver object; false otherwise.

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef
  27. final def notify(): Unit

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef
    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  28. final def notifyAll(): Unit

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Definition Classes
    AnyRef
    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  29. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0
    Definition Classes
    AnyRef
  30. val timeUnit: Map[String, TimeUnit]
    Attributes
    protected[scala.concurrent.duration]
  31. val timeUnitName: Map[TimeUnit, String]
    Attributes
    protected[scala.concurrent.duration]
  32. def toString(): String

    Creates a String representation of this object.

    Creates a String representation of this object. The default representation is platform dependent. On the java platform it is the concatenation of the class name, "@", and the object's hashcode in hexadecimal.

    returns

    a String representation of the object.

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  33. def unapply(d: Duration): Option[(Long, TimeUnit)]

    Extract length and time unit out of a duration, if it is finite.

  34. def unapply(s: String): Option[(Long, TimeUnit)]

    Extract length and time unit out of a string, where the format must match the description for apply(String).

    Extract length and time unit out of a string, where the format must match the description for apply(String). The extractor will not match for malformed strings or non-finite durations.

  35. final def wait(): Unit
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    Annotations
    @throws( ... )
  36. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
    Definition Classes
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    Annotations
    @throws( ... )
  37. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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  38. implicit object DurationIsOrdered extends Ordering[Duration]

    The natural ordering of durations matches the natural ordering for Double, including non-finite values.

Inherited from Serializable

Inherited from java.io.Serializable

Inherited from AnyRef

Inherited from Any

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