Scala: convert map to case class - scala

Question

Let's say I have this example case class
case class Test(key1: Int, key2: String, key3: String)
And I have a map
myMap = Map("k1" -> 1, "k2" -> "val2", "k3" -> "val3")
I need to convert this map to my case class in several places of the code, something like this:
myMap.asInstanceOf[Test]
What would be the easiest way of doing that? Can I somehow use implicit for this?

Answer 1

Two ways of doing this elegantly. The first is to use an unapply, the second to use an implicit class (2.10+) with a type class to do the conversion for you.
1) The unapply is the simplest and most straight forward way to write such a conversion. It does not do any "magic" and can readily be found if using an IDE. Do note, doing this sort of thing can clutter your companion object and cause your code to sprout dependencies in places you might not want:
object MyClass{
def unapply(values: Map[String,String]) = try{
Some(MyClass(values("key").toInteger, values("next").toFloat))
} catch{
case NonFatal(ex) => None
}
}
Which could be used like this:
val MyClass(myInstance) = myMap
be careful, as it would throw an exception if not matched completely.
2) Doing an implicit class with a type class creates more boilerplate for you but also allows a lot of room to expand the same pattern to apply to other case classes:
implicit class Map2Class(values: Map[String,String]){
def convert[A](implicit mapper: MapConvert[A]) = mapper conv (values)
}
trait MapConvert[A]{
def conv(values: Map[String,String]): A
}
and as an example you'd do something like this:
object MyObject{
implicit val new MapConvert[MyObject]{
def conv(values: Map[String, String]) = MyObject(values("key").toInt, values("foo").toFloat)
}
}
which could then be used just as you had described above:
val myInstance = myMap.convert[MyObject]
throwing an exception if no conversion could be made. Using this pattern converting between a Map[String, String] to any object would require just another implicit (and that implicit to be in scope.)

Answer 2

Here is an alternative non-boilerplate method that uses Scala reflection (Scala 2.10 and above) and doesn't require a separately compiled module:
import org.specs2.mutable.Specification
import scala.reflect._
import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._
case class Test(t: String, ot: Option[String])
package object ccFromMap {
def fromMap[T: TypeTag: ClassTag](m: Map[String,_]) = {
val rm = runtimeMirror(classTag[T].runtimeClass.getClassLoader)
val classTest = typeOf[T].typeSymbol.asClass
val classMirror = rm.reflectClass(classTest)
val constructor = typeOf[T].decl(termNames.CONSTRUCTOR).asMethod
val constructorMirror = classMirror.reflectConstructor(constructor)
val constructorArgs = constructor.paramLists.flatten.map( (param: Symbol) => {
val paramName = param.name.toString
if(param.typeSignature <:< typeOf[Option[Any]])
m.get(paramName)
else
m.get(paramName).getOrElse(throw new IllegalArgumentException("Map is missing required parameter named " + paramName))
})
constructorMirror(constructorArgs:_*).asInstanceOf[T]
}
}
class CaseClassFromMapSpec extends Specification {
"case class" should {
"be constructable from a Map" in {
import ccFromMap._
fromMap[Test](Map("t" -> "test", "ot" -> "test2")) === Test("test", Some("test2"))
fromMap[Test](Map("t" -> "test")) === Test("test", None)
}
}
}

Answer 3

Jonathan Chow implements a Scala macro (designed for Scala 2.11) that generalizes this behavior and eliminates the boilerplate.
http://blog.echo.sh/post/65955606729/exploring-scala-macros-map-to-case-class-conversion
import scala.reflect.macros.Context
trait Mappable[T] {
def toMap(t: T): Map[String, Any]
def fromMap(map: Map[String, Any]): T
}
object Mappable {
implicit def materializeMappable[T]: Mappable[T] = macro materializeMappableImpl[T]
def materializeMappableImpl[T: c.WeakTypeTag](c: Context): c.Expr[Mappable[T]] = {
import c.universe._
val tpe = weakTypeOf[T]
val companion = tpe.typeSymbol.companionSymbol
val fields = tpe.declarations.collectFirst {
case m: MethodSymbol if m.isPrimaryConstructor ⇒ m
}.get.paramss.head
val (toMapParams, fromMapParams) = fields.map { field ⇒
val name = field.name
val decoded = name.decoded
val returnType = tpe.declaration(name).typeSignature
(q"$decoded → t.$name", q"map($decoded).asInstanceOf[$returnType]")
}.unzip
c.Expr[Mappable[T]] { q"""
new Mappable[$tpe] {
def toMap(t: $tpe): Map[String, Any] = Map(..$toMapParams)
def fromMap(map: Map[String, Any]): $tpe = $companion(..$fromMapParams)
}
""" }
}
}

Answer 4

This works well for me，if you use jackson for scala：
def from[T](map: Map[String, Any])(implicit m: Manifest[T]): T = {
val mapper = new ObjectMapper() with ScalaObjectMapper
mapper.convertValue(map)
}
Reference from：Convert a Map<String, String> to a POJO

Answer 5

I don't love this code, but I suppose this is possible if you can get the map values into a tuple and then use the tupled constructor for your case class. That would look something like this:
val myMap = Map("k1" -> 1, "k2" -> "val2", "k3" -> "val3")
val params = Some(myMap.map(_._2).toList).flatMap{
case List(a:Int,b:String,c:String) => Some((a,b,c))
case other => None
}
val myCaseClass = params.map(Test.tupled(_))
println(myCaseClass)
You have to be careful to make sure the list of values is exactly 3 elements and that they are the correct types. If not, you end up with a None instead. Like I said, not great, but it shows that it is possible.

Answer 6

commons.mapper.Mappers.mapToBean[CaseClassBean](map)
Details: https://github.com/hank-whu/common4s

Answer 7

Here's an update to Jonathon's answer for Scala 3 (which no longer has TypeTag). Be aware that this won't work for case classes nested inside of other classes. But for top-level case classes it seems to work fine.
import scala.reflect.ClassTag
object Reflect:
def fromMap[T <: Product : ClassTag](m: Map[String, ?]): T =
val classTag = implicitly[ClassTag[T]]
val constructor = classTag.runtimeClass.getDeclaredConstructors.head
val constructorArgs = constructor.getParameters()
.map { param =>
val paramName = param.getName
if (param.getType == classOf[Option[_]])
m.get(paramName)
else
m.get(paramName)
.getOrElse(throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Missing required parameter: $paramName"))
}
constructor.newInstance(constructorArgs: _*).asInstanceOf[T]
And a test for the above:
case class Foo(a: String, b: Int, c: Option[String] = None)
case class Bar(a: String, b: Int, c: Option[Foo])
class ReflectSuite extends munit.FunSuite:
test("fromMap") {
val m = Map("a" -> "hello", "b" -> 42, "c" -> "world")
val foo = Reflect.fromMap[Foo](m)
assertEquals(foo, Foo("hello", 42, Some("world")))
val n = Map("a" -> "hello", "b" -> 43)
val foo2 = Reflect.fromMap[Foo](n)
assertEquals(foo2, Foo("hello", 43))
val o = Map("a" -> "yo", "b" -> 44, "c" -> foo)
val bar = Reflect.fromMap[Bar](o)
assertEquals(bar, Bar("yo", 44, Some(foo)))
}
test("fromMap should fail when required parameter is missing") {
val m = Map("a" -> "hello", "c" -> "world")
intercept[java.lang.IllegalArgumentException] {
Reflect.fromMap[Foo](m)
}
}