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An instance of A <:< B witnesses that A is a subtype of B. Requiring an implicit argument of the type A <:< B encodes the generalized constraint A <: B.

To constrain any abstract type T that's in scope in a method's argument list (not just the method's own type parameters) simply add an implicit argument of type T <:< U, where U is the required upper bound; or for lower-bounds, use: L <:< T, where L is the required lower bound.

In case of any confusion over which method goes in what direction, all the "Co" methods (including apply) go from left to right in the type ("with" the type), and all the "Contra" methods go from right to left ("against" the type). E.g., apply turns a From into a To, and substituteContra replaces the Tos in a type with Froms.

In part contributed by Jason Zaugg.

An instance of A =:= B witnesses that the types A and B are equal. It also acts as a A <:< B, but not a B <:< A (directly) due to restrictions on subclassing.

In case of any confusion over which method goes in what direction, all the "Co" methods (including apply) go from left to right in the type ("with" the type), and all the "Contra" methods go from right to left ("against" the type). E.g., apply turns a From into a To, and substituteContra replaces the Tos in a type with Froms.

The App trait can be used to quickly turn objects into executable programs. Here is an example:

object Main extends App {
  Console.println("Hello World: " + (args mkString ", "))
}

No explicit main method is needed. Instead, the whole class body becomes the “main method”.

args returns the current command line arguments as an array.

Caveats

It should be noted that this trait is implemented using the DelayedInit functionality, which means that fields of the object will not have been initialized before the main method has been executed.

Future versions of this trait will no longer extend DelayedInit.

Utility methods for operating on arrays. For example:

val a = Array(1, 2)
val b = Array.ofDim[Int](2)
val c = Array.concat(a, b)

where the array objects a, b and c have respectively the values Array(1, 2), Array(0, 0) and Array(1, 2, 0, 0).

Arrays are mutable, indexed collections of values. Array[T] is Scala's representation for Java's T[].

val numbers = Array(1, 2, 3, 4)
val first = numbers(0) // read the first element
numbers(3) = 100 // replace the 4th array element with 100
val biggerNumbers = numbers.map(_ * 2) // multiply all numbers by two

Arrays make use of two common pieces of Scala syntactic sugar, shown on lines 2 and 3 of the above example code. Line 2 is translated into a call to apply(Int), while line 3 is translated into a call to update(Int, T).

Two implicit conversions exist in scala.Predef that are frequently applied to arrays: a conversion to scala.collection.ArrayOps (shown on line 4 of the example above) and a conversion to scala.collection.mutable.ArraySeq (a subtype of scala.collection.Seq). Both types make available many of the standard operations found in the Scala collections API. The conversion to ArrayOps is temporary, as all operations defined on ArrayOps return an Array, while the conversion to ArraySeq is permanent as all operations return a ArraySeq.

The conversion to ArrayOps takes priority over the conversion to ArraySeq. For instance, consider the following code:

val arr = Array(1, 2, 3)
val arrReversed = arr.reverse
val seqReversed : collection.Seq[Int] = arr.reverse

Value arrReversed will be of type Array[Int], with an implicit conversion to ArrayOps occurring to perform the reverse operation. The value of seqReversed, on the other hand, will be computed by converting to ArraySeq first and invoking the variant of reverse that returns another ArraySeq.

Boolean (equivalent to Java's boolean primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Boolean are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Boolean => scala.runtime.RichBoolean which provides useful non-primitive operations.

Byte, a 8-bit signed integer (equivalent to Java's byte primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Byte are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Byte => scala.runtime.RichByte which provides useful non-primitive operations.

Char, a 16-bit unsigned integer (equivalent to Java's char primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Char are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Char => scala.runtime.RichChar which provides useful non-primitive operations.

Implements functionality for printing Scala values on the terminal. For reading values use StdIn. Also defines constants for marking up text on ANSI terminals.

Console Output

Use the print methods to output text.

scala> Console.printf(
  "Today the outside temperature is a balmy %.1f°C. %<.1f°C beats the previous record of %.1f°C.\n",
  -137.0,
  -135.05)
Today the outside temperature is a balmy -137.0°C. -137.0°C beats the previous record of -135.1°C.

ANSI escape codes

Use the ANSI escape codes for colorizing console output either to STDOUT or STDERR.

import Console.{GREEN, RED, RESET, YELLOW_B, UNDERLINED}

object PrimeTest {

  def isPrime(): Unit = {

    val candidate = io.StdIn.readInt().ensuring(_ > 1)

    val prime = (2 to candidate - 1).forall(candidate % _ != 0)

    if (prime)
      Console.println(s"${RESET}${GREEN}yes${RESET}")
    else
      Console.err.println(s"${RESET}${YELLOW_B}${RED}${UNDERLINED}NO!${RESET}")
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = isPrime()

}

$ scala PrimeTest

1234567891

yes

$ scala PrimeTest

56474

NO!

IO redefinition

Use IO redefinition to temporarily swap in a different set of input and/or output streams. In this example the stream based method above is wrapped into a function.

import java.io.{ByteArrayOutputStream, StringReader}

object FunctionalPrimeTest {

  def isPrime(candidate: Int): Boolean = {

    val input = new StringReader(s"$candidate\n")
    val outCapture = new ByteArrayOutputStream
    val errCapture = new ByteArrayOutputStream

    Console.withIn(input) {
      Console.withOut(outCapture) {
        Console.withErr(errCapture) {
          PrimeTest.isPrime()
        }
      }
    }

    if (outCapture.toByteArray.nonEmpty) // "yes"
      true
    else if (errCapture.toByteArray.nonEmpty) // "NO!"
      false
    else throw new IllegalArgumentException(candidate.toString)
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    val primes = (2 to 50) filter (isPrime)
    println(s"First primes: $primes")
  }

}

$ scala FunctionalPrimeTest

First primes: Vector(2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47)

A class for implicit values that can serve as implicit conversions The implicit resolution algorithm will act as if there existed the additional implicit definition:

def $implicitConversion[T, U](x: T)(c: Conversion[T, U]): U = c(x)

However, the presence of this definition would slow down implicit search since its outermost type matches any pair of types. Therefore, implicit search contains a special case in Implicits#discardForView which emulates the conversion in a more efficient way.

Note that this is a SAM class - function literals are automatically converted to the Conversion values.

Also note that in bootstrapped dotty, Predef.<:< should inherit from Conversion. This would cut the number of special cases in discardForView from two to one.

The Conversion class can also be used to convert explicitly, using the convert extension method.

Double, a 64-bit IEEE-754 floating point number (equivalent to Java's double primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Double are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Double => scala.runtime.RichDouble which provides useful non-primitive operations.

A marker trait that enables dynamic invocations. Instances x of this trait allow method invocations x.meth(args) for arbitrary method names meth and argument lists args as well as field accesses x.field for arbitrary field names field.

If a call is not natively supported by x (i.e. if type checking fails), it is rewritten according to the following rules:

foo.method("blah")      ~~> foo.applyDynamic("method")("blah")
foo.method(x = "blah")  ~~> foo.applyDynamicNamed("method")(("x", "blah"))
foo.method(x = 1, 2)    ~~> foo.applyDynamicNamed("method")(("x", 1), ("", 2))
foo.field           ~~> foo.selectDynamic("field")
foo.varia = 10      ~~> foo.updateDynamic("varia")(10)
foo.arr(10) = 13    ~~> foo.selectDynamic("arr").update(10, 13)
foo.arr(10)         ~~> foo.applyDynamic("arr")(10)

As of Scala 2.10, defining direct or indirect subclasses of this trait is only possible if the language feature dynamics is enabled.

Defines a finite set of values specific to the enumeration. Typically these values enumerate all possible forms something can take and provide a lightweight alternative to case classes.

Each call to a Value method adds a new unique value to the enumeration. To be accessible, these values are usually defined as val members of the enumeration.

All values in an enumeration share a common, unique type defined as the Value type member of the enumeration (Value selected on the stable identifier path of the enumeration instance).

Values SHOULD NOT be added to an enumeration after its construction; doing so makes the enumeration thread-unsafe. If values are added to an enumeration from multiple threads (in a non-synchronized fashion) after construction, the behavior of the enumeration is undefined.

Float, a 32-bit IEEE-754 floating point number (equivalent to Java's float primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Float are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Float => scala.runtime.RichFloat which provides useful non-primitive operations.

A function of 0 parameters.

In the following example, the definition of javaVersion is a shorthand for the anonymous class definition anonfun0:

object Main extends App {
  val javaVersion = () => sys.props("java.version")

  val anonfun0 = new Function0[String] {
    def apply(): String = sys.props("java.version")
  }
  assert(javaVersion() == anonfun0())
}

A function of 1 parameter.

In the following example, the definition of succ is a shorthand for the anonymous class definition anonfun1:

object Main extends App {
  val succ = (x: Int) => x + 1
  val anonfun1 = new Function1[Int, Int] {
    def apply(x: Int): Int = x + 1
  }
  assert(succ(0) == anonfun1(0))
}

Note that the difference between Function1 and scala.PartialFunction is that the latter can specify inputs which it will not handle.

A function of 2 parameters.

In the following example, the definition of max is a shorthand for the anonymous class definition anonfun2:

object Main extends App {
  val max = (x: Int, y: Int) => if (x < y) y else x

  val anonfun2 = new Function2[Int, Int, Int] {
    def apply(x: Int, y: Int): Int = if (x < y) y else x
  }
  assert(max(0, 1) == anonfun2(0, 1))
}

Int, a 32-bit signed integer (equivalent to Java's int primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Int are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Int => scala.runtime.RichInt which provides useful non-primitive operations.

Long, a 64-bit signed integer (equivalent to Java's long primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Long are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Long => scala.runtime.RichLong which provides useful non-primitive operations.

Represents optional values. Instances of Option are either an instance of scala.Some or the object None.

The most idiomatic way to use an scala.Option instance is to treat it as a collection or monad and use map,flatMap, filter, or foreach:

val name: Option[String] = request getParameter "name"
val upper = name map { _.trim } filter { _.length != 0 } map { _.toUpperCase }
println(upper getOrElse "")

Note that this is equivalent to

val upper = for {
  name <- request getParameter "name"
  trimmed <- Some(name.trim)
  upper <- Some(trimmed.toUpperCase) if trimmed.length != 0
} yield upper
println(upper getOrElse "")

Because of how for comprehension works, if None is returned from request.getParameter, the entire expression results in None

This allows for sophisticated chaining of scala.Option values without having to check for the existence of a value.

These are useful methods that exist for both scala.Some and None. - isDefined — True if not empty - isEmpty — True if empty - nonEmpty — True if not empty - orElse — Evaluate and return alternate optional value if empty - getOrElse — Evaluate and return alternate value if empty - get — Return value, throw exception if empty - fold — Apply function on optional value, return default if empty - map — Apply a function on the optional value - flatMap — Same as map but function must return an optional value - foreach — Apply a procedure on option value - collect — Apply partial pattern match on optional value - filter — An optional value satisfies predicate - filterNot — An optional value doesn't satisfy predicate - exists — Apply predicate on optional value, or false if empty - forall — Apply predicate on optional value, or true if empty - contains — Checks if value equals optional value, or false if empty - zip — Combine two optional values to make a paired optional value - unzip — Split an optional pair to two optional values - unzip3 — Split an optional triple to three optional values - toList — Unary list of optional value, otherwise the empty list

A less-idiomatic way to use scala.Option values is via pattern matching:

val nameMaybe = request getParameter "name"
nameMaybe match {
  case Some(name) =>
    println(name.trim.toUppercase)
  case None =>
    println("No name value")
}

Interacting with code that can occasionally return null can be safely wrapped in scala.Option to become None and scala.Some otherwise.

val abc = new java.util.HashMap[Int, String]
abc.put(1, "A")
bMaybe = Option(abc.get(2))
bMaybe match {
 case Some(b) =>
   println(s"Found $b")
 case None =>
   println("Not found")
}

A partial function of type PartialFunction[A, B] is a unary function where the domain does not necessarily include all values of type A. The function isDefinedAt allows to test dynamically if a value is in the domain of the function.

Even if isDefinedAt returns true for an a: A, calling apply(a) may still throw an exception, so the following code is legal:

val f: PartialFunction[Int, Any] = { case _ => 1/0 }

It is the responsibility of the caller to call isDefinedAt before calling apply, because if isDefinedAt is false, it is not guaranteed apply will throw an exception to indicate an error condition. If an exception is not thrown, evaluation may result in an arbitrary value.

The main distinction between PartialFunction and scala.Function1 is that the user of a PartialFunction may choose to do something different with input that is declared to be outside its domain. For example:

val sample = 1 to 10
val isEven: PartialFunction[Int, String] = {
  case x if x % 2 == 0 => x+" is even"
}

// the method collect can use isDefinedAt to select which members to collect
val evenNumbers = sample collect isEven

val isOdd: PartialFunction[Int, String] = {
  case x if x % 2 == 1 => x+" is odd"
}

// the method orElse allows chaining another partial function to handle
// input outside the declared domain
val numbers = sample map (isEven orElse isOdd)

A few handy operations which leverage the extra bit of information available in partial functions. Examples:

import PartialFunction._

def strangeConditional(other: Any): Boolean = cond(other) {
  case x: String if x == "abc" || x == "def"  => true
  case x: Int => true
}
def onlyInt(v: Any): Option[Int] = condOpt(v) { case x: Int => x }

Marker trait for polymorphic function types.

This is the only trait that can be refined with a polymorphic method, as long as that method is called apply, e.g.: PolyFunction { def apply[T_1, ..., T_M](x_1: P_1, ..., x_N: P_N): R } This type will be erased to FunctionN.

The Predef object provides definitions that are accessible in all Scala compilation units without explicit qualification.

Commonly Used Types

Predef provides type aliases for types which are commonly used, such as the immutable collection types scala.collection.immutable.Map and scala.collection.immutable.Set.

Console Output

For basic console output, Predef provides convenience methods print and println, which are aliases of the methods in the object scala.Console.

Assertions

A set of assert functions are provided for use as a way to document and dynamically check invariants in code. Invocations of assert can be elided at compile time by providing the command line option -Xdisable-assertions, which raises -Xelide-below above elidable.ASSERTION, to the scalac command.

Variants of assert intended for use with static analysis tools are also provided: assume, require and ensuring. require and ensuring are intended for use as a means of design-by-contract style specification of pre- and post-conditions on functions, with the intention that these specifications could be consumed by a static analysis tool. For instance,

def addNaturals(nats: List[Int]): Int = {
  require(nats forall (_ >= 0), "List contains negative numbers")
  nats.foldLeft(0)(_ + _)
} ensuring(_ >= 0)

The declaration of addNaturals states that the list of integers passed should only contain natural numbers (i.e. non-negative), and that the result returned will also be natural. require is distinct from assert in that if the condition fails, then the caller of the function is to blame rather than a logical error having been made within addNaturals itself. ensuring is a form of assert that declares the guarantee the function is providing with regards to its return value.

Implicit Conversions

A number of commonly applied implicit conversions are also defined here, and in the parent type scala.LowPriorityImplicits. Implicit conversions are provided for the "widening" of numeric values, for instance, converting a Short value to a Long value as required, and to add additional higher-order functions to Array values. These are described in more detail in the documentation of scala.Array.

A marker trait for objects that support structural selection via selectDynamic and applyDynamic

Implementation classes should define, or make available as extension methods, the following two method signatures:

def selectDynamic(name: String): Any def applyDynamic(name: String)(args: Any*): Any =

selectDynamic is invoked for simple selections v.m, whereas applyDynamic is invoked for selections with arguments v.m(...). If there's only one kind of selection, the method supporting the other may be omitted. The applyDynamic can also have a second parameter list of java.lang.Class arguments, i.e. it may alternatively have the signature

def applyDynamic(name: String, paramClasses: Class[_]*)(args: Any*): Any

In this case the call will synthesize Class arguments for the erasure of all formal parameter types of the method in the structural type.

Annotation for specifying the serialVersionUID field of a (serializable) class.

On the JVM, a class with this annotation will receive a private, static, and final field called serialVersionUID with the provided value, which the JVM's serialization mechanism uses to determine serialization compatibility between different versions of a class.

Short, a 16-bit signed integer (equivalent to Java's short primitive type) is a subtype of scala.AnyVal. Instances of Short are not represented by an object in the underlying runtime system.

There is an implicit conversion from scala.Short => scala.runtime.RichShort which provides useful non-primitive operations.

This class provides the basic mechanism to do String Interpolation. String Interpolation allows users to embed variable references directly in *processed* string literals. Here's an example:

val name = "James"
println(s"Hello, $name")  // Hello, James

Any processed string literal is rewritten as an instantiation and method call against this class. For example:

s"Hello, $name"

is rewritten to be:

StringContext("Hello, ", "").s(name)

By default, this class provides the raw, s and f methods as available interpolators.

To provide your own string interpolator, create an implicit class which adds a method to StringContext. Here's an example:

implicit class JsonHelper(private val sc: StringContext) extends AnyVal {
  def json(args: Any*): JSONObject = ...
}
val x: JSONObject = json"{ a: $a }"

Here the JsonHelper extension class implicitly adds the json method to StringContext which can be used for json string literals.

This class provides a simple way to get unique objects for equal strings. Since symbols are interned, they can be compared using reference equality. Instances of Symbol can be created easily with Scala's built-in quote mechanism.

For instance, the Scala term 'mysym will invoke the constructor of the Symbol class in the following way: Symbol("mysym").

This class implements errors which are thrown whenever a field is used before it has been initialized.

Such runtime checks are not emitted by default. They can be enabled by the -Xcheckinit compiler option.

ValueOf[T] provides the unique value of the type T where T is a type which has a single inhabitant. Eligible types are singleton types of the form stablePath.type, Unit and singleton types corresponding to value literals.

Instances of ValueOf[T] are provided implicitly for all eligible types. Typically an instance would be required where a runtime value corresponding to a type level computation is needed.

For example, we might define a type Residue[M <: Int] corresponding to the group of integers modulo M. We could then mandate that residues can be summed only when they are parameterized by the same modulus,

case class Residue[M <: Int](n: Int) extends AnyVal {
 def +(rhs: Residue[M])(implicit m: ValueOf[M]): Residue[M] =
   Residue((this.n + rhs.n) % valueOf[M])
}

val fiveModTen = Residue[10](5)
val nineModTen = Residue[10](9)

fiveModTen + nineModTen    // OK == Residue[10](4)

val fourModEleven = Residue[11](4)

fiveModTen + fourModEleven // compiler error: type mismatch;
                          //   found   : Residue[11]
                          //   required: Residue[10]

Notice that here the modulus is encoded in the type of the values and so does not incur any additional per-value storage cost. When a runtime value of the modulus is required in the implementation of + it is provided at the call site via the implicit argument m of type ValueOf[M].

An annotation that designates that a definition is deprecated. A deprecation warning is issued upon usage of the annotated definition.

Library authors should state the library's deprecation policy in their documentation to give developers guidance on how long a deprecated definition will be preserved.

Library authors should prepend the name of their library to the version number to help developers distinguish deprecations coming from different libraries:

@deprecated("this method will be removed", "FooLib 12.0")
def oldMethod(x: Int) = ...

The compiler will emit deprecation warnings grouped by library and version:

oldMethod(1)
oldMethod(2)
aDeprecatedMethodFromLibraryBar(3, 4)

// warning: there was one deprecation warning (since BarLib 3.2)
// warning: there were two deprecation warnings (since FooLib 12.0)
// warning: there were three deprecation warnings in total; re-run with -deprecation for details

@deprecated in the Scala language and its standard library

A deprecated element of the Scala language or a definition in the Scala standard library will be preserved at least for the current major version.

This means that an element deprecated in some 2.13.x release will be preserved in all 2.13.x releases, but may be removed in the future. (A deprecated element might be kept longer to ease migration, but developers should not rely on this.)

An annotation that designates that inheriting from a class is deprecated.

This is usually done to warn about a non-final class being made final in a future version. Sub-classing such a class then generates a warning.

No warnings are generated if the subclass is in the same compilation unit.

Library authors should state the library's deprecation policy in their documentation to give developers guidance on when a type annotated with @deprecatedInheritance will be finalized.

Library authors should prepend the name of their library to the version number to help developers distinguish deprecations coming from different libraries:

@deprecatedInheritance("this class will be made final", "FooLib 12.0")
class Foo

val foo = new Foo     // no deprecation warning
class Bar extends Foo
// warning: inheritance from class Foo is deprecated (since FooLib 12.0): this class will be made final
// class Bar extends Foo
//                   ^

An annotation that designates that the name of a parameter is deprecated.

Using this name in a named argument generates a deprecation warning.

Library authors should state the library's deprecation policy in their documentation to give developers guidance on how long a deprecated name will be preserved.

Library authors should prepend the name of their library to the version number to help developers distinguish deprecations coming from different libraries:

def inc(x: Int, @deprecatedName("y", "FooLib 12.0") n: Int): Int = x + n
inc(1, y = 2)

will produce the following warning:

warning: the parameter name y is deprecated (since FooLib 12.0): use n instead
inc(1, y = 2)
         ^

An annotation that designates that overriding a member is deprecated.

Overriding such a member in a sub-class then generates a warning.

Library authors should state the library's deprecation policy in their documentation to give developers guidance on when a method annotated with @deprecatedOverriding will be finalized.

Library authors should prepend the name of their library to the version number to help developers distinguish deprecations coming from different libraries:

class Foo {
  @deprecatedOverriding("this method will be made final", "FooLib 12.0")
  def add(x: Int, y: Int) = x + y
}

class Bar extends Foo // no deprecation warning
class Baz extends Foo {
  override def add(x: Int, y: Int) = x - y
}
// warning: overriding method add in class Foo is deprecated (since FooLib 12.0): this method will be made final
// override def add(x: Int, y: Int) = x - y
//              ^

An annotation for methods that the optimizer should inline.

Note that by default, the Scala optimizer is disabled and no callsites are inlined. See -opt:help for information on how to enable the optimizer and inliner.

When inlining is enabled, the inliner will always try to inline methods or callsites annotated @inline (under the condition that inlining from the defining class is allowed, see -opt-inline-from:help). If inlining is not possible, for example because the method is not final, an optimizer warning will be issued. See -opt-warnings:help for details.

Examples:

@inline   final def f1(x: Int) = x
@noinline final def f2(x: Int) = x
         final def f3(x: Int) = x

def t1 = f1(1)              // inlined if possible
def t2 = f2(1)              // not inlined
def t3 = f3(1)              // may be inlined (the inliner heuristics can select the callsite)
def t4 = f1(1): @noinline   // not inlined (override at callsite)
def t5 = f2(1): @inline     // inlined if possible (override at callsite)
def t6 = f3(1): @inline     // inlined if possible
def t7 = f3(1): @noinline   // not inlined
}

Note: parentheses are required when annotating a callsite within a larger expression.

def t1 = f1(1) + f1(1): @noinline   // equivalent to (f1(1) + f1(1)): @noinline
def t2 = f1(1) + (f1(1): @noinline) // the second call to f1 is not inlined

The scala.language object controls the language features available to the programmer, as proposed in the SIP-18 document.

Each of these features has to be explicitly imported into the current scope to become available:

import language.postfixOps // or language._
List(1, 2, 3) reverse

The language features are:

• dynamics enables defining calls rewriting using the Dynamic trait

• existentials enables writing existential types

• higherKinds enables writing higher-kinded types

• implicitConversions enables defining implicit methods and members

• postfixOps enables postfix operators (not recommended)

• reflectiveCalls enables using structural types

• experimental contains newer features that have not yet been tested in production

Marker for native methods.

@native def f(x: Int, y: List[Long]): String = ...

A @native method is compiled to the platform's native method, while discarding the method's body (if any). The body will be type checked if present.

A method marked @native must be a member of a class, not a trait (since 2.12).

An annotation for methods that the optimizer should not inline.

Note that by default, the Scala optimizer is disabled and no callsites are inlined. See -opt:help for information how to enable the optimizer and inliner.

When inlining is enabled, the inliner will never inline methods or callsites annotated @noinline.

Examples:

@inline   final def f1(x: Int) = x
@noinline final def f2(x: Int) = x
         final def f3(x: Int) = x

def t1 = f1(1)              // inlined if possible
def t2 = f2(1)              // not inlined
def t3 = f3(1)              // may be inlined (the inliner heuristics can select the callsite)
def t4 = f1(1): @noinline   // not inlined (override at callsite)
def t5 = f2(1): @inline     // inlined if possible (override at callsite)
def t6 = f3(1): @inline     // inlined if possible
def t7 = f3(1): @noinline   // not inlined
}

Note: parentheses are required when annotating a callsite within a larger expression.

def t1 = f1(1) + f1(1): @noinline   // equivalent to (f1(1) + f1(1)): @noinline
def t2 = f1(1) + (f1(1): @noinline) // the second call to f1 is not inlined

Annotate type parameters on which code should be automatically specialized. For example:

class MyList[@specialized T] ...

Type T can be specialized on a subset of the primitive types by specifying a list of primitive types to specialize at:

class MyList[@specialized(Int, Double, Boolean) T] ..

Annotation for specifying the exceptions thrown by a method. For example:

class Reader(fname: String) {
 private val in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(fname))
 @throws[IOException]("if the file doesn't exist")
 def read() = in.read()
}

An annotation to designate that the annotated entity should not be considered for additional compiler checks. Specific applications include annotating the subject of a match expression to suppress exhaustiveness and reachability warnings, and annotating a type argument in a match case to suppress unchecked warnings.

Such suppression should be used with caution, without which one may encounter scala.MatchError or java.lang.ClassCastException at runtime. In most cases one can and should address the warning instead of suppressing it.

object Test extends App {
  // This would normally warn "match is not exhaustive"
  // because `None` is not covered.
  def f(x: Option[String]) = (x: @unchecked) match { case Some(y) => y }
  // This would normally warn "type pattern is unchecked"
  // but here will blindly cast the head element to String.
  def g(xs: Any) = xs match { case x: List[String @unchecked] => x.head }
}

Classes and objects (but note, not traits) inheriting the DelayedInit marker trait will have their initialization code rewritten as follows: code becomes delayedInit(code).

Initialization code comprises all statements and all value definitions that are executed during initialization.

Example:

trait Helper extends DelayedInit {
  def delayedInit(body: => Unit) = {
    println("dummy text, printed before initialization of C")
    body // evaluates the initialization code of C
  }
}

class C extends Helper {
  println("this is the initialization code of C")
}

object Test extends App {
  val c = new C
}

Should result in the following being printed:

dummy text, printed before initialization of C
this is the initialization code of C

This class implements a simple proxy that forwards all calls to the public, non-final methods defined in class Any to another object self. Those methods are:

def hashCode(): Int
def equals(other: Any): Boolean
def toString(): String

Note: forwarding methods in this way will most likely create an asymmetric equals method, which is not generally recommended.