Test two objects for inequality.

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.

Test two objects for equality. The expression x == that is equivalent to if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that).

Forces the compiler to treat the receiver object as having type T0, even though doing so may violate type safety.

This method is useful when you believe you have type information the compiler doesn't, and it also isn't possible to check the type at runtime. In such situations, skipping type safety is the only option.

It is platform dependent whether asInstanceOf has any effect at runtime. It might do a runtime type test on the erasure of T0, insert a conversion (such as boxing/unboxing), fill in a default value, or do nothing at all.

In particular, asInstanceOf is not a type test. It does **not** mean:

this match {
 case x: T0 => x
 case _     => throw ClassCastException("...")

Use pattern matching or isInstanceOf for type testing instead.

Situations where asInstanceOf is useful:

• when flow analysis fails to deduce T0 automatically
• when down-casting a type parameter or an abstract type member (which cannot be checked at runtime due to type erasure) If there is any doubt and you are able to type test instead, you should do so.

Be careful of using asInstanceOf when T0 is a primitive type. When T0 is primitive, asInstanceOf may insert a conversion instead of a type test. If your intent is to convert, use a toT method (x.toChar, x.toByte, etc.).

Returns the runtime class representation of the object.

Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object has the same erasure as T0.

Depending on what T0 is, the test is done in one of the below ways:

• T0 is a non-parameterized class type, e.g. BigDecimal: this method returns true if the value of the receiver object is a BigDecimal or a subtype of BigDecimal.
• T0 is a parameterized class type, e.g. List[Int]: this method returns true if the value of the receiver object is some List[X] for any X. For example, List(1, 2, 3).isInstanceOf[List[String]] will return true.
• T0 is some singleton type x.type or literal x: this method returns this.eq(x). For example, x.isInstanceOf[1] is equivalent to x.eq(1)
• T0 is an intersection X with Y or X & Y: this method is equivalent to x.isInstanceOf[X] && x.isInstanceOf[Y]
• T0 is a union X | Y: this method is equivalent to x.isInstanceOf[X] || x.isInstanceOf[Y]
• T0 is a type parameter or an abstract type member: this method is equivalent to isInstanceOf[U] where U is T0's upper bound, Any if T0 is unbounded. For example, x.isInstanceOf[A] where A is an unbounded type parameter will return true for any value of x.

This is exactly equivalent to the type pattern _: T0

Returns a string representation of the object.

The default representation is platform dependent.

Returns string formatted according to given format string. Format strings are as for String.format (@see java.lang.String.format).