Detect if AnyVal or AnyRef

Naftoli Gugenheim wrote:
>
> 1.isInstanceOf[java.lang.Integer] == true
> Same for pattern matching.
>
> So how do you differentiate between a primitive value and its boxed
> equivalent?
>
>

There is probably a better solution, but you can use the fact that implicit
conversion won't be "chained"

object test {

   case class IsVal(b:boolean)
  
   implicit def anyVal2isVal(i:AnyVal) = IsVal(true);
   implicit def anyRef2isVal(j:AnyRef) = IsVal(false);

   def testVal(t:IsVal) = t == IsVal(true);

   def main(args:Array[String]) {
      val i = 1
      val j = Integer.valueOf(2)
      println(testVal(i)) //-> true
      println(testVal(j))  //-> false
   }

}

Naftoli Gugenheim wrote:
>
> 1.isInstanceOf[java.lang.Integer] == true
> Same for pattern matching.
>
> So how do you differentiate between a primitive value and its boxed
> equivalent?
>
>

There is probably a better solution, but you can use the fact that implicit
conversion won't be "chained"
<pre>
object test {

  case class IsVal(b:boolean)

  implicit def anyVal2isVal(i:AnyVal) = IsVal(true);
  implicit def anyRef2isVal(j:AnyRef) = IsVal(false);

  def testVal(t:IsVal) = t == IsVal(true);

  def main(args:Array[String]) {
     val i = 1
     val j = Integer.valueOf(2)
     println(testVal(i)) //-> true
     println(testVal(j))  //-> false
  }

}
</pre>

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