Scala For Java Developer

Collections

• Scala's Seq = Java's List, and Scala's List = Java's LinkedList.
• Scala's Seq is a trait, equivalent to Java's interface
• Java's List is an interface, Scala's List is an implementation. Scala's List is an abstract class that is extended by Nil and ::, which are the concrete implementations of List.
• Scala's List is immutable, LinkedList is not; Java has no equivalent to immutable collections.

==

Unlike Java, the equals operator (==) checks for true equality, not object reference equality:

scala> val matched = (greeting == "Hello, World")
matched: Boolean = true

companion object

• Scala: companion object
• Java: static

for loop

When you think about

for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
    ...
}

for (Item item : items) {
    ...
}

in scala

for (item <- items) {
}

for (i <- 0 to items.size - 1) {
      val item = items(i)
}

for (i <- 0 until items.size) {
      val item = items(i)
}

for (i <- items.indices) {
}

Create ArrayList

In Java:

List<Double> list = new ArrayList<>();

In Scala: use ArrayBuffer

val arr = mutable.ArrayBuffer.empty[Double]

Java/Scala Collection Conversion

Problem:

Error:(18, 19) value foreach is not a member of java.util.List[xxx.xxx.xxx.Item]
    for (item <- items) {
                  ^

Solution:

add scala.collection.JavaConversions._

import scala.collection.JavaConversions._

...

for (item <- items) {
...
}

Scala Seq to Java List

import scala.collection.JavaConversions._

seqAsJavaList()

break a loop

import scala.util.control.Breaks._

for (...) {
    if (...) {
        break;
    }
}