I am trying use a custom annotation in Scala. In this example, I create a string that I want to annotate with metadata (in this case, another string). Then, given an instance of the data, and I want to read the annotation.
scala> case class named(name: String) extends scala.annotation.StaticAnnotation
defined class named
scala> #named("Greeting") val v = "Hello"
v: String = Hello
scala> def valueToName(x: String): String = ???
valueToName: (x: String)String
scala> valueToName(v) // returns "Greeting"
Is this even possible?
With scala 2.11.6, this works to extract values of a annotation:
case class Named(name: String) extends scala.annotation.StaticAnnotation
val myAnnotatedClass: ClassSymbol = u.runtimeMirror(Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader).staticClass("MyAnnotatedClass")
val annotation: Option[Annotation] = myAnnotatedClass.annotations.find(_.tree.tpe =:= u.typeOf[Named])
val result = annotation.flatMap { a =>
a.tree.children.tail.collect({ case Literal(Constant(name: String)) => doSomething(name) }).headOption
}
There are different kinds of annotations in Scala:
Java Annotations that you can access using the Java Reflection API, annotations that are just in the source code, static annotations that are available to the type checker across different compilation units (so they should be somewhere in a class file but not where normal reflections go) and classfile annotations which are stored like java annotations, but cannot be read using the java reflection api.
I have described how to access static and classfile annotations here: What is the (current) state of scala reflection capabilities, especially wrt annotations, as of version 2.11?
If you just need a annotation containing a string using a Java annotation that is loaded by the JVM for you might be the simpler alternative.
Related
So I'm trying to list fields with specific annotation in a Scala case class and I'm not able to get it working... Let's see come code right away
The case class (it's a simplified version of it, mine extends another class and is also nested in my test class where I use it for unit testing only):
case class Foo(#Unique var str: String) {}
The custom Java annotation:
#Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
#Target({ElementType.FIELD, ElementType.PARAMETER})
public #interface Unique {}
And my class (simplified again) where I'm trying to do some stuffs with fields marked as unique
class SomeClass[T] (implicit typeTag: TypeTag[T]) {
val fields: Iterable[universe.TermSymbol] = typeOf(typeTag).members.collect { case s: TermSymbol => s }.
filter(s => s.isVal || s.isVar)
val list = fields.flatMap(f => f.annotations.find(_.tpe =:= TypeOf[Unique]).((f, _))).toList
}
But the val list in the last peace of code is always empty... fields has str listed in but without the annotation.
What am I missing?
The code listing the annotations is from the following answer:
How to list all fields with a custom annotation using Scala's reflection at runtime?
Seems the reference post is Scala 2.10 is old and is not compatible with the newest Scala version.
There is an example for how to get the specify annotation by type.
def listProperties[T: TypeTag]: List[universe.Annotation] = {
typeOf[T].typeSymbol.asClass
.asClass
.primaryConstructor
.typeSignature
.paramLists.flatten.flatMap(_.annotations)
}
val annotations = listProperties[Foo].filter(_.tree.tpe =:= typeOf[Unique])
println(annotations)
and there is way to get the annotation's field value:
case class Foo(#Unique(field = "bar") val str: String) {}
import scala.reflect.runtime.currentMirror
import scala.tools.reflect.ToolBox
val tb = currentMirror.mkToolBox()
val result = tb.eval(tb.untypecheck(head.tree)).asInstanceOf[Unique]
and need to call out your annotation class is implemented by using Java style, In Scala maybe you want to use StaticAnnotation for creating Annotation, like:
class Unique extends StaticAnnotation
In scala, I want to be able to say
val user = Node.create[User](...) // return User object
So here's what I have so far:
def create[T : TypeTag](map: Map[String, Any]) {
val type = typeOf[T]
// create class from type here???
}
I've been digging around how to create classes from generic types and found out that using ClassManifest seems to be deprecated. Instead, type tags are here, so I'm able to do something like this typeOf[T] and actually get the type.. but then I'm lost. If I could get the class, then I could use something like class.newInstance and manually set the fields from there.
Question is: given a type, can I get a class instance of the given type?
The easiest way in fact is to use ClassTag:
def create[T : ClassTag](map: Map[String, Any]): T = {
val clazz: Class[_] = classTag[T].runtimeClass
clazz.newInstance(<constructor arguments here>).asInstanceOf[T]
}
ClassTag is a thin wrapper around Java Class, primarily used for arrays instantiation.
TypeTag facility is more powerful. First, you can use it to invoke Java reflection:
import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._
def create[T: TypeTag](map: Map[String, Any]): T = {
val mirror = runtimeMirror(getClass.getClassLoader) // current class classloader
val clazz: Class[_] = mirror.runtimeClass(typeOf[T].typeSymbol.asClass)
clazz.newInstance(<constructor arguments here>).asInstanceOf[T]
}
However, Scala reflection allows to instantiate classes without dropping back to Java reflection:
def create[T: TypeTag](map: Map[String, Any]): T = {
// obtain type symbol for the class, it is like Class but for Scala types
val typeSym = typeOf[T].typeSymbol.asClass
// obtain class mirror using runtime mirror for the given classloader
val mirror = runtimeMirror(getClass.getClassLoader) // current class classloader
val cm = mirror.reflectClass(typeSym)
// resolve class constructor using class mirror and
// a constructor declaration on the type symbol
val ctor = typeSym.decl(termNames.CONSTRUCTOR).asMethod
val ctorm = cm.reflectConstructor(cm)
// invoke the constructor
ctorm(<constructor arguments here>).asInstanceOf[T]
}
If you want to create a class with overloaded constructors, it may require more work though - you'll have to select correct constructor from declarations list, but the basic idea is the same. You can read more on Scala reflection here
There is a way to do it with reflection: either runtime reflection, or in a macro. Regarding runtime reflection way, you can have a look at my blog post where I tried to do something like what you are trying to do now. Using compile-time reflection with macros might be a better option, depending on your need.
I just can't figure it out. What I am using right now is:
abstract class DBEnumString extends Enumeration {
implicit val enumMapper = MappedJdbcType.base[Value, String](
_.toString(),
s => this.withName(s)
)
}
And then:
object SomeEnum extends DBEnumString {
type T = Value
val A1 = Value("A1")
val A2 = Value("A2")
}
The problem is, during insert/update JDBC driver for PostgreSQL complains about parameter type being "character varying" when column type is "some_enum", which is reasonable as I am converting SomeEnum to String.
How do I tell Slick to treat String as DB-defined "enum_type"? Or how to define some other Scala-type that will map to "enum_type"?
I had similar confusion when trying to get my postgreSQL enums to work with slick. Slick-pg allows you to use Scala enums with your databases enums, and the test suite shows how.
Below is an example.
Say we have this enumerated type in our database.
CREATE TYPE Dog AS ENUM ('Poodle', 'Labrador');
We want to be able to map these to Scala enums, so we can use them happily with Slick. We can do this with slick-pg, an extension for slick.
First off, we make a Scala version of the above enum.
object Dogs extends Enumeration {
type Dog = Value
val Poodle, Labrador = Value
}
To get the extra functionality from slick-pg we extend the normal PostgresDriver and say we want to map our Scala enum to the PostgreSQL one (remember to change the slick driver in application.conf to the one you've created).
object MyPostgresDriver extends PostgresDriver with PgEnumSupport {
override val api = new API with MyEnumImplicits {}
trait MyEnumImplicits {
implicit val dogTypeMapper = createEnumJdbcType("Dog", Dogs)
implicit val dogListTypeMapper = createEnumListJdbcType("Dog", Dogs)
implicit val dogColumnExtensionMethodsBuilder = createEnumColumnExtensionMethodsBuilder(Dogs)
implicit val dogOptionColumnExtensionMethodsBuilder = createEnumOptionColumnExtensionMethodsBuilder(Dogs)
}
}
Now when you want to make a new model case class, simply use the corresponding Scala enum.
case class User(favouriteDog: Dog)
And when you do the whole DAO table shenanigans, again you can just use it.
class Users(tag: Tag) extends Table[User](tag, "User") {
def favouriteDog = column[Dog]("favouriteDog")
def * = (favouriteDog) <> (Dog.tupled, Dog.unapply _)
}
Obviously you need the Scala Dog enum in scope wherever you use it.
Due to a bug in slick, currently you can't dynamically link to a custom slick driver in application.conf (it should work). This means you either need to run play framework with start and not get dynamic recompiling, or you can create a standalone sbt project with just the custom slick driver in it and depend on it locally.
I have a number of use cases for this, all around the idea of interop between existing Java libraries and new Scala Code. The use case I've selected is the easiest I think.
Use Case:
I working on providing a JUnit Runner for some scala tests (so that I can get my lovely red / green bar in Eclipse)
The runner needs to have a constructor with a java class as a parameter. So in Scala I can do the following:
class MyRunner(val clazz: Class[Any]) extends Runner {
def getDescription(): Description
def run(notifier: RunNotifier)
}
When I use either
#RunWith(MyRunner)
object MyTestObject
or
#RunWith(MyRunner)
class MyTestClass
then the runner is indeed instantiated correctly, and is passed a suitable class object
Unfortunately what i want to do now is to "get hold of" the object MyTestObject, or create a MyTestClass, which are both Scala entities. I would prefer to use Scala Reflection, but I also want to use the standard Junit jar.
What I have done
The following Stackover flow questions were educational, but not the same problem. There were the nearest questions I could find
How to create a TypeTag manually?
Any way to obtain a Java class from a Scala (2.10) type tag or symbol?
Using Scala reflection with Java reflection
The discussion on Environments, Universes and Mirrors in http://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/reflection/environment-universes-mirrors.html was good, and the similar documents on other scala reflection also helped. Mostly through it is about the Scala reflection.
I browsed the Scaladocs, but my knowledge of Scala reflection wasn't enough (yet) to let me get what I wanted out of them.
Edit:
As asked here is the code of the class that is being created by reflection
#RunWith(classOf[MyRunner])
object Hello2 extends App {
println("starting")
val x= "xxx"
}
So the interesting thing is that the solution proposed below using the field called MODULE$ doesn't print anything and the value of x is null
This solution works fine if you want to use plan old java reflection. Not sure if you can use scala reflection given all you will have is a Class[_] to work with:
object ReflectTest {
import collection.JavaConversions._
def main(args: Array[String]) {
val fooObj = instantiate(MyTestObject.getClass())
println(fooObj.foo)
val fooClass = instantiate(classOf[MyTestClass])
println(fooClass.foo)
}
def instantiate(clazz:Class[_]):Foo = {
val rm = ru.runtimeMirror(clazz.getClassLoader())
val declaredFields = clazz.getDeclaredFields().toList
val obj = declaredFields.find(field => field.getName() == "MODULE$") match{
case Some(modField) => modField.get(clazz)
case None => clazz.newInstance()
}
obj.asInstanceOf[Foo]
}
}
trait Foo{
def foo:String
}
object MyTestObject extends Foo{
def foo = "bar"
}
class MyTestClass extends Foo{
def foo = "baz"
}
From Scala, I'm using a Java library that expects a class argument. Example:
def service: OAuthService = new ServiceBuilder()
.provider(classOf[RunApi])
RunApi is Java class.
I'd like to be able pass a variety of classes to provider though. I have a list of them in String format.
Example, if I know the RunApi in String format; e.g. "com.me.RunApi", how can construct the equivalent to above code?
Use forName method:
scala> Class.forName("scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer")
res0: java.lang.Class[_] = class scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
val yourInstance: ClassOrTrait = Class.forName("Package.ClassName").newInstance().asInstanceOf[ClassOrTrait]