Case class to map in Scala - scala

Question

Is there a nice way I can convert a Scala case class instance, e.g.
case class MyClass(param1: String, param2: String)
val x = MyClass("hello", "world")
into a mapping of some kind, e.g.
getCCParams(x) returns "param1" -> "hello", "param2" -> "world"
Which works for any case class, not just predefined ones. I've found you can pull the case class name out by writing a method that interrogates the underlying Product class, e.g.
def getCCName(caseobj: Product) = caseobj.productPrefix
getCCName(x) returns "MyClass"
So I'm looking for a similar solution but for the case class fields. I'd imagine a solution might have to use Java reflection, but I'd hate to write something that might break in a future release of Scala if the underlying implementation of case classes changes.
Currently I'm working on a Scala server and defining the protocol and all its messages and exceptions using case classes, as they are such a beautiful, concise construct for this. But I then need to translate them into a Java map to send over the messaging layer for any client implementation to use. My current implementation just defines a translation for each case class separately, but it would be nice to find a generalised solution.

Answer 1

This should work:
def getCCParams(cc: AnyRef) =
cc.getClass.getDeclaredFields.foldLeft(Map.empty[String, Any]) { (a, f) =>
f.setAccessible(true)
a + (f.getName -> f.get(cc))
}

Answer 2

Because case classes extend Product one can simply use .productIterator to get field values:
def getCCParams(cc: Product) = cc.getClass.getDeclaredFields.map( _.getName ) // all field names
.zip( cc.productIterator.to ).toMap // zipped with all values
Or alternatively:
def getCCParams(cc: Product) = {
val values = cc.productIterator
cc.getClass.getDeclaredFields.map( _.getName -> values.next ).toMap
}
One advantage of Product is that you don't need to call setAccessible on the field to read its value. Another is that productIterator doesn't use reflection.
Note that this example works with simple case classes that don't extend other classes and don't declare fields outside the constructor.

Answer 3

Starting Scala 2.13, case classes (as implementations of Product) are provided with a productElementNames method which returns an iterator over their field's names.
By zipping field names with field values obtained with productIterator we can generically obtain the associated Map:
// case class MyClass(param1: String, param2: String)
// val x = MyClass("hello", "world")
(x.productElementNames zip x.productIterator).toMap
// Map[String,Any] = Map("param1" -> "hello", "param2" -> "world")

Answer 4

If anybody looks for a recursive version, here is the modification of #Andrejs's solution:
def getCCParams(cc: Product): Map[String, Any] = {
val values = cc.productIterator
cc.getClass.getDeclaredFields.map {
_.getName -> (values.next() match {
case p: Product if p.productArity > 0 => getCCParams(p)
case x => x
})
}.toMap
}
It also expands the nested case-classes into maps at any level of nesting.

Answer 5

Here's a simple variation if you don't care about making it a generic function:
case class Person(name:String, age:Int)
def personToMap(person: Person): Map[String, Any] = {
val fieldNames = person.getClass.getDeclaredFields.map(_.getName)
val vals = Person.unapply(person).get.productIterator.toSeq
fieldNames.zip(vals).toMap
}
scala> println(personToMap(Person("Tom", 50)))
res02: scala.collection.immutable.Map[String,Any] = Map(name -> Tom, age -> 50)

Answer 6

If you happen to be using Json4s, you could do the following:
import org.json4s.{Extraction, _}
case class MyClass(param1: String, param2: String)
val x = MyClass("hello", "world")
Extraction.decompose(x)(DefaultFormats).values.asInstanceOf[Map[String,String]]

Answer 7

Solution with ProductCompletion from interpreter package:
import tools.nsc.interpreter.ProductCompletion
def getCCParams(cc: Product) = {
val pc = new ProductCompletion(cc)
pc.caseNames.zip(pc.caseFields).toMap
}

Answer 8

You could use shapeless.
Let
case class X(a: Boolean, b: String,c:Int)
case class Y(a: String, b: String)
Define a LabelledGeneric representation
import shapeless._
import shapeless.ops.product._
import shapeless.syntax.std.product._
object X {
implicit val lgenX = LabelledGeneric[X]
}
object Y {
implicit val lgenY = LabelledGeneric[Y]
}
Define two typeclasses to provide the toMap methods
object ToMapImplicits {
implicit class ToMapOps[A <: Product](val a: A)
extends AnyVal {
def mkMapAny(implicit toMap: ToMap.Aux[A, Symbol, Any]): Map[String, Any] =
a.toMap[Symbol, Any]
.map { case (k: Symbol, v) => k.name -> v }
}
implicit class ToMapOps2[A <: Product](val a: A)
extends AnyVal {
def mkMapString(implicit toMap: ToMap.Aux[A, Symbol, Any]): Map[String, String] =
a.toMap[Symbol, Any]
.map { case (k: Symbol, v) => k.name -> v.toString }
}
}
Then you can use it like this.
object Run extends App {
import ToMapImplicits._
val x: X = X(true, "bike",26)
val y: Y = Y("first", "second")
val anyMapX: Map[String, Any] = x.mkMapAny
val anyMapY: Map[String, Any] = y.mkMapAny
println("anyMapX = " + anyMapX)
println("anyMapY = " + anyMapY)
val stringMapX: Map[String, String] = x.mkMapString
val stringMapY: Map[String, String] = y.mkMapString
println("anyMapX = " + anyMapX)
println("anyMapY = " + anyMapY)
}
which prints
anyMapX = Map(c -> 26, b -> bike, a -> true)
anyMapY = Map(b -> second, a -> first)
stringMapX = Map(c -> 26, b -> bike, a -> true)
stringMapY = Map(b -> second, a -> first)
For nested case classes, (thus nested maps)
check another answer

Answer 9

I don't know about nice... but this seems to work, at least for this very very basic example. It probably needs some work but might be enough to get you started? Basically it filters out all "known" methods from a case class (or any other class :/ )
object CaseMappingTest {
case class MyCase(a: String, b: Int)
def caseClassToMap(obj: AnyRef) = {
val c = obj.getClass
val predefined = List("$tag", "productArity", "productPrefix", "hashCode",
"toString")
val casemethods = c.getMethods.toList.filter{
n =>
(n.getParameterTypes.size == 0) &&
(n.getDeclaringClass == c) &&
(! predefined.exists(_ == n.getName))
}
val values = casemethods.map(_.invoke(obj, null))
casemethods.map(_.getName).zip(values).foldLeft(Map[String, Any]())(_+_)
}
def main(args: Array[String]) {
println(caseClassToMap(MyCase("foo", 1)))
// prints: Map(a -> foo, b -> 1)
}
}

Answer 10

commons.mapper.Mappers.Mappers.beanToMap(caseClassBean)
Details: https://github.com/hank-whu/common4s

Answer 11

With the use of Java reflection, but no change of access level. Converts Product and case class to Map[String, String]:
def productToMap[T <: Product](obj: T, prefix: String): Map[String, String] = {
val clazz = obj.getClass
val fields = clazz.getDeclaredFields.map(_.getName).toSet
val methods = clazz.getDeclaredMethods.filter(method => fields.contains(method.getName))
methods.foldLeft(Map[String, String]()) { case (acc, method) =>
val value = method.invoke(obj).toString
val key = if (prefix.isEmpty) method.getName else s"${prefix}_${method.getName}"
acc + (key -> value)
}
}

Answer 12

Modern variation with Scala 3 might also be a bit simplified as with the following example that is similar to the answer posted by Walter Chang above.
def getCCParams(cc: AnyRef): Map[String, Any] =
cc.getClass.getDeclaredFields
.tapEach(_.setAccessible(true))
.foldLeft(Map.empty)((a, f) => a + (f.getName -> f.get(cc)))