ScalaRunTime

Return the class object representing an unboxed value type, e.g., classOf[int], not classOf[java.lang.Integer]. The compiler rewrites expressions like 5.getClass to come here.

Return the class object representing an array with element class clazz.

Retrieve generic array element

Get generic array length

update generic array element

stringOf formatted for use in a repl result.

Given any Scala value, convert it to a String.

The primary motivation for this method is to provide a means for correctly obtaining a String representation of a value, while avoiding the pitfalls of naively calling toString on said value. In particular, it addresses the fact that (a) toString cannot be called on null and (b) depending on the apparent type of an array, toString may or may not print it in a human-readable form.

Convert an array to an object array. Needed to deal with vararg arguments of primitive types that are passed to a generic Java vararg parameter T ...

A helper for case classes.