object CollectionConverters extends AsJavaExtensions with AsScalaExtensions
This object provides extension methods that convert between Scala and Java collections.
When writing Java code, use the explicit conversion methods defined in javaapi.CollectionConverters instead.
Note: to create Java Streams that operate on Scala collections (sequentially or in parallel), use StreamConverters.
import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._ val s: java.util.Set[String] = Set("one", "two").asJava
The conversions return adapters for the corresponding API, i.e., the collections are wrapped, not converted. Changes to the original collection are reflected in the view, and vice versa:
scala> import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._ scala> val s = collection.mutable.Set("one") s: scala.collection.mutable.Set[String] = HashSet(one) scala> val js = s.asJava js: java.util.Set[String] = [one] scala> js.add("two") scala> s res2: scala.collection.mutable.Set[String] = HashSet(two, one)
The following conversions are supported via asScala
and asJava
:
scala.collection.Iterable <=> java.lang.Iterable scala.collection.Iterator <=> java.util.Iterator scala.collection.mutable.Buffer <=> java.util.List scala.collection.mutable.Set <=> java.util.Set scala.collection.mutable.Map <=> java.util.Map scala.collection.concurrent.Map <=> java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap
The following conversions are supported via asScala
and through
specially-named extension methods to convert to Java collections, as shown:
scala.collection.Iterable <=> java.util.Collection (via asJavaCollection) scala.collection.Iterator <=> java.util.Enumeration (via asJavaEnumeration) scala.collection.mutable.Map <=> java.util.Dictionary (via asJavaDictionary)
In addition, the following one-way conversions are provided via asJava
:
scala.collection.Seq => java.util.List scala.collection.mutable.Seq => java.util.List scala.collection.Set => java.util.Set scala.collection.Map => java.util.Map
The following one way conversion is provided via asScala
:
java.util.Properties => scala.collection.mutable.Map
In all cases, converting from a source type to a target type and back again will return the original source object. For example:
import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._ val source = new scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer[Int] val target: java.util.List[Int] = source.asJava val other: scala.collection.mutable.Buffer[Int] = target.asScala assert(source eq other)
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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
.