trait Manifest[T] extends ClassManifest[T] with Equals
A Manifest[T]
is an opaque descriptor for type T. Its supported use
is to give access to the erasure of the type as a Class
instance, as
is necessary for the creation of native Arrays
if the class is not
known at compile time.
The type-relation operators <:<
and =:=
should be considered
approximations only, as there are numerous aspects of type conformance
which are not yet adequately represented in manifests.
Example usages:
def arr[T] = new Array[T](0) // does not compile def arr[T](implicit m: Manifest[T]) = new Array[T](0) // compiles def arr[T: Manifest] = new Array[T](0) // shorthand for the preceding // Methods manifest and optManifest are in [[scala.Predef]]. def isApproxSubType[T: Manifest, U: Manifest] = manifest[T] <:< manifest[U] isApproxSubType[List[String], List[AnyRef]] // true isApproxSubType[List[String], List[Int]] // false def methods[T: Manifest] = manifest[T].runtimeClass.getMethods def retType[T: Manifest](name: String) = methods[T] find (_.getName == name) map (_.getGenericReturnType) retType[Map[_, _]]("values") // Some(scala.collection.Iterable<B>)
- Annotations
- @nowarn() @implicitNotFound()
- Source
- Manifest.scala
- Alphabetic
- By Inheritance
- Manifest
- ClassTag
- Equals
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- OptManifest
- Serializable
- AnyRef
- Any
- by any2stringadd
- by StringFormat
- by Ensuring
- by ArrowAssoc
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Abstract Value Members
Concrete Value Members
- def arrayManifest: Manifest[Array[T]]
- Definition Classes
- Manifest → ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- def canEqual(that: Any): Boolean
A method that should be called from every well-designed equals method that is open to be overridden in a subclass.
A method that should be called from every well-designed equals method that is open to be overridden in a subclass. See Programming in Scala, Chapter 28 for discussion and design.
- that
the value being probed for possible equality
- returns
true if this instance can possibly equal
that
, otherwise false
- Definition Classes
- Manifest → ClassTag → Equals → ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- def equals(that: Any): Boolean
Note: testing for erasure here is important, as it is many times faster than <:< and rules out most comparisons.
- def hashCode(): Int
The hashCode method for reference types.
- def newArray(len: Int): Array[T]
Produces a new array with element type
T
and lengthlen
Produces a new array with element type
T
and lengthlen
- Definition Classes
- ClassTag
- def toString(): String
Creates a String representation of this object.
- def typeArguments: List[Manifest[_]]
- Definition Classes
- Manifest → ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- def unapply(x: Any): Option[T]
A ClassTag[T] can serve as an extractor that matches only objects of type T.
A ClassTag[T] can serve as an extractor that matches only objects of type T.
The compiler tries to turn unchecked type tests in pattern matches into checked ones by wrapping a
(_: T)
type pattern asct(_: T)
, wherect
is theClassTag[T]
instance. Type tests necessary before calling other extractors are treated similarly.SomeExtractor(...)
is turned intoct(SomeExtractor(...))
ifT
inSomeExtractor.unapply(x: T)
is uncheckable, but we have an instance ofClassTag[T]
.- Definition Classes
- ClassTag
- def wrap: ClassTag[Array[T]]
Produces a
ClassTag
that knows how to instantiate anArray[Array[T]]
Produces a
ClassTag
that knows how to instantiate anArray[Array[T]]
- Definition Classes
- ClassTag
Deprecated Value Members
- def <:<(that: ClassManifest[_]): Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a subtype of the type represented by
that
manifest, subject to the limitations described in the header.Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a subtype of the type represented by
that
manifest, subject to the limitations described in the header.- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use scala.reflect.runtime.universe.TypeTag for subtype checking instead
- def >:>(that: ClassManifest[_]): Boolean
Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a supertype of the type represented by
that
manifest, subject to the limitations described in the header.Tests whether the type represented by this manifest is a supertype of the type represented by
that
manifest, subject to the limitations described in the header.- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use scala.reflect.runtime.universe.TypeTag for subtype checking instead
- def erasure: Class[_]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use runtimeClass instead
- def newArray2(len: Int): Array[Array[T]]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use wrap.newArray instead
- def newArray3(len: Int): Array[Array[Array[T]]]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use wrap.wrap.newArray instead
- def newArray4(len: Int): Array[Array[Array[Array[T]]]]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use wrap.wrap.wrap.newArray instead
- def newArray5(len: Int): Array[Array[Array[Array[Array[T]]]]]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use wrap.wrap.wrap.wrap.newArray instead
- def newArrayBuilder(): ArrayBuilder[T]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) use ArrayBuilder.make(this) instead
- def newWrappedArray(len: Int): ArraySeq[T]
- Definition Classes
- ClassManifestDeprecatedApis
- Annotations
- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.10.0) create WrappedArray directly instead
This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.
Package structure
The scala package contains core types like
Int
,Float
,Array
orOption
which are accessible in all Scala compilation units without explicit qualification or imports.Notable packages include:
scala.collection
and its sub-packages contain Scala's collections frameworkscala.collection.immutable
- Immutable, sequential data-structures such asVector
,List
,Range
,HashMap
orHashSet
scala.collection.mutable
- Mutable, sequential data-structures such asArrayBuffer
,StringBuilder
,HashMap
orHashSet
scala.collection.concurrent
- Mutable, concurrent data-structures such asTrieMap
scala.concurrent
- Primitives for concurrent programming such asFutures
andPromises
scala.io
- Input and output operationsscala.math
- Basic math functions and additional numeric types likeBigInt
andBigDecimal
scala.sys
- Interaction with other processes and the operating systemscala.util.matching
- Regular expressionsOther 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.collection.parallel
- Parallel collections (scala-parallel-collections.jar)scala.util.parsing
- Parser combinators (scala-parser-combinators.jar)scala.swing
- A convenient wrapper around Java's GUI framework called Swing (scala-swing.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 forscala.collection.immutable.List
.Other aliases refer to classes provided by the underlying platform. For example, on the JVM,
String
is an alias forjava.lang.String
.