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trait Types extends AnyRef

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  1. abstract class AbsType extends AnyRef

    This class declares operations that are visible in a Type.

  2. abstract type AnnotatedType <: Type

  3. abstract class AnnotatedTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

  4. abstract type BoundedWildcardType >: Null <: Type

    BoundedWildcardTypes, used only during type inference, are created in two places that I can find:

    BoundedWildcardTypes, used only during type inference, are created in two places that I can find:

    1. If the expected type of an expression is an existential type, its hidden symbols are replaced with bounded wildcards. 2. When an implicit conversion is being sought based in part on the name of a method in the converted type, a HasMethodMatching type is created: a MethodType with parameters typed as BoundedWildcardTypes.
  5. abstract class BoundedWildcardTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

  6. abstract type ClassInfoType <: CompoundType

    The ClassInfo type signature is used to define parents and declarations of classes, traits, and objects.

    The ClassInfo type signature is used to define parents and declarations of classes, traits, and objects. If a class, trait, or object C is declared like this

    C extends P_1 with ... with P_m { D_1; ...; D_n}

    its ClassInfo type has the following form:

    ClassInfo(List(P_1, ..., P_m), Scope(D_1, ..., D_n), C)
  7. abstract class ClassInfoTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax ClassInfo(parents, decls, clazz) Here, parents is the list of parent types of the class, decls is the scope containing all declarations in the class, and clazz is the symbol of the class itself.

  8. abstract type CompoundType <: Type

    A subtype of Type representing refined types as well as ClassInfo signatures.

  9. abstract type ConstantType <: SingletonType

    The ConstantType type is not directly written in user programs, but arises as the type of a constant.

    The ConstantType type is not directly written in user programs, but arises as the type of a constant. The REPL expresses constant types like Int(11). Here are some constants with their types.

    1           ConstantType(Constant(1))
    "abc"       ConstantType(Constant("abc"))
  10. abstract class ConstantTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax ConstantType(constant) Here, constant is the constant value represented by the type.

  11. abstract type ExistentialType <: Type

  12. abstract class ExistentialTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

  13. abstract type MethodType <: Type

    The MethodType type signature is used to indicate parameters and result type of a method

  14. abstract class MethodTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax MethodType(params, respte) Here, params is a potentially empty list of parameter symbols of the method, and restpe is the result type of the method.

  15. abstract type NullaryMethodType <: Type

  16. abstract class NullaryMethodTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

  17. abstract type PolyType <: Type

  18. abstract class PolyTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

  19. abstract type RefinedType <: CompoundType

    The RefinedType type defines types of any of the forms on the left, with their RefinedType representations to the right.

    The RefinedType type defines types of any of the forms on the left, with their RefinedType representations to the right.

    P_1 with ... with P_m { D_1; ...; D_n}      RefinedType(List(P_1, ..., P_m), Scope(D_1, ..., D_n))
    P_1 with ... with P_m                       RefinedType(List(P_1, ..., P_m), Scope())
    { D_1; ...; D_n}                            RefinedType(List(AnyRef), Scope(D_1, ..., D_n))
  20. abstract class RefinedTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax RefinedType(parents, decls) Here, parents is the list of parent types of the class, and decls is the scope containing all declarations in the class.

  21. abstract type SingleType <: SingletonType

    The SingleType type describes types of any of the forms on the left, with their TypeRef representations to the right.

    The SingleType type describes types of any of the forms on the left, with their TypeRef representations to the right.

    (T # x).type             SingleType(T, x)
    p.x.type                 SingleType(p.type, x)
    x.type                   SingleType(NoPrefix, x)
  22. abstract class SingleTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax SingleType(pre, sym) Here, pre is the prefix of the single-type, and sym is the stable value symbol referred to by the single-type.

  23. abstract type SingletonType >: Null <: Type

    The type of Scala singleton types, i.

    The type of Scala singleton types, i.e. types that are inhabited by only one nun-null value. These include types of the forms

    C.this.type
    C.super.type
    x.type

    as well as constant types.

  24. abstract type SuperType <: SingletonType

    The SuperType type is not directly written, but arises when C.super is used as a prefix in a TypeRef or SingleType.

    The SuperType type is not directly written, but arises when C.super is used as a prefix in a TypeRef or SingleType. It's internal presentation is

    SuperType(thistpe, supertpe)

    Here, thistpe is the type of the corresponding this-type. For instance, in the type arising from C.super, the thistpe part would be ThisType(C). supertpe is the type of the super class referred to by the super.

  25. abstract class SuperTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax SingleType(thistpe, supertpe)

  26. abstract type ThisType <: SingletonType

    The ThisType type describes types of the form on the left with the correspnding ThisType representations to the right.

    The ThisType type describes types of the form on the left with the correspnding ThisType representations to the right.

    C.this.type             ThisType(C)
  27. abstract class ThisTypeExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax ThisType(sym) where sym is the class prefix of the this type.

  28. abstract type Type >: Null <: AbsType

    The type of Scala types, and also Scala type signatures.

    The type of Scala types, and also Scala type signatures. (No difference is internally made between the two).

  29. abstract type TypeBounds <: Type

    The TypeBounds type signature is used to indicate lower and upper type bounds of type parameters and abstract types.

    The TypeBounds type signature is used to indicate lower and upper type bounds of type parameters and abstract types. It is not a first-class type. If an abstract type or type parameter is declared with any of the forms on the left, its type signature is the TypeBounds type on the right.

    T >: L <: U               TypeBounds(L, U)
    T >: L                    TypeBounds(L, Any)
    T <: U                    TypeBounds(Nothing, U)
  30. abstract class TypeBoundsExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax TypeBound(lower, upper) Here, lower is the lower bound of the TypeBounds pair, and upper is the upper bound.

  31. abstract type TypeRef <: Type

    The TypeRef type describes types of any of the forms on the left, with their TypeRef representations to the right.

    The TypeRef type describes types of any of the forms on the left, with their TypeRef representations to the right.

    T # C[T_1, ..., T_n]      TypeRef(T, C, List(T_1, ..., T_n))
    p.C[T_1, ..., T_n]        TypeRef(p.type, C, List(T_1, ..., T_n))
    C[T_1, ..., T_n]          TypeRef(NoPrefix, C, List(T_1, ..., T_n))
    T # C                     TypeRef(T, C, Nil)
    p.C                       TypeRef(p.type, C, Nil)
    C                         TypeRef(NoPrefix, C, Nil)
  32. abstract class TypeRefExtractor extends AnyRef

    An extractor class to create and pattern match with syntax TypeRef(pre, sym, args) Here, pre is the prefix of the type reference, sym is the symbol referred to by the type reference, and args is a possible empty list of type argumenrts.

Abstract Value Members

  1. abstract val AnnotatedType: AnnotatedTypeExtractor

  2. abstract val BoundedWildcardType: BoundedWildcardTypeExtractor

  3. abstract val ClassInfoType: ClassInfoTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for ClassInfoType instances.

  4. abstract val ConstantType: ConstantTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for ConstantType instances.

  5. abstract val ExistentialType: ExistentialTypeExtractor

  6. abstract val MethodType: MethodTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for MethodType instances.

  7. abstract val NoPrefix: Type

    This constant is used as a special value denoting the empty prefix in a path dependent type.

    This constant is used as a special value denoting the empty prefix in a path dependent type. For instance x.type is represented as SingleType(NoPrefix, <x>), where <x> stands for the symbol for x.

  8. abstract val NoType: Type

    This constant is used as a special value that indicates that no meaningful type exists.

  9. abstract val NullaryMethodType: NullaryMethodTypeExtractor

  10. abstract val PolyType: PolyTypeExtractor

  11. abstract val RefinedType: RefinedTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for RefinedType instances.

  12. abstract val SingleType: SingleTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for SingleType instances.

  13. abstract val SuperType: SuperTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for SuperType instances.

  14. abstract val ThisType: ThisTypeExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for ThisType instances.

  15. abstract val TypeBounds: TypeBoundsExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for TypeBounds instances.

  16. abstract val TypeRef: TypeRefExtractor

    The constructor/deconstructor for TypeRef instances.

  17. abstract val WildcardType: Type

    An object representing an unknown type, used during type inference.

    An object representing an unknown type, used during type inference. If you see WildcardType outside of inference it is almost certainly a bug.

  18. abstract def appliedType(tycon: Type, args: List[Type]): Type

    A creator for type applications

  19. abstract def existentialAbstraction(tparams: List[Symbol], tpe0: Type): Type

    A creator for existential types.

    A creator for existential types. This generates:

    tpe1 where { tparams }

    where tpe1 is the result of extrapolating tpe wrt to tparams. Extrapolating means that type variables in tparams occurring in covariant positions are replaced by upper bounds, (minus any SingletonClass markers), type variables in tparams occurring in contravariant positions are replaced by upper bounds, provided the resulting type is legal wrt to stability, and does not contain any type variable in tparams.

    The abstraction drops all type parameters that are not directly or indirectly referenced by type tpe1. If there are no remaining type parameters, simply returns result type tpe.

  20. abstract def glb(ts: List[Type]): Type

    The greatest lower bound wrt <:< of a list of types

  21. abstract def intersectionType(tps: List[Type], owner: Symbol): Type

    A creator for intersection type where intersections of a single type are replaced by the type itself, and repeated parent classes are merged.

    A creator for intersection type where intersections of a single type are replaced by the type itself, and repeated parent classes are merged.

    !!! Repeated parent classes are not merged - is this a bug in the comment or in the code?

  22. abstract def intersectionType(tps: List[Type]): Type

    A creator for intersection type where intersections of a single type are replaced by the type itself.

  23. abstract def lub(xs: List[Type]): Type

    The least upper bound wrt <:< of a list of types

  24. abstract def polyType(tparams: List[Symbol], tpe: Type): Type

    A creator for type parameterizations that strips empty type parameter lists.

    A creator for type parameterizations that strips empty type parameter lists. Use this factory method to indicate the type has kind * (it's a polymorphic value) until we start tracking explicit kinds equivalent to typeFun (except that the latter requires tparams nonEmpty).

  25. abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Type], owner: Symbol): Type

    The canonical creator for a refined type with an initially empty scope.

    The canonical creator for a refined type with an initially empty scope.

    parents

    ...

    owner

    ...

    returns

    ...

  26. abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Type], owner: Symbol, decls: Scope, pos: Position): Type

    the canonical creator for a refined type with a given scope

  27. abstract def singleType(pre: Type, sym: Symbol): Type

    The canonical creator for single-types

  28. abstract def typeRef(pre: Type, sym: Symbol, args: List[Type]): Type

    The canonical creator for typerefs

Concrete Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Definition Classes
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  2. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

    Test two objects for inequality.

    Test two objects for inequality.

    returns

    true if !(this == that), false otherwise.

    Definition Classes
    Any
  3. final def ##(): Int

    Equivalent to x.hashCode except for boxed numeric types and null.

    Equivalent to x.hashCode except for boxed numeric types and null. For numerics, it returns a hash value which is consistent with value equality: if two value type instances compare as true, then ## will produce the same hash value for each of them. For null returns a hashcode where null.hashCode throws a NullPointerException.

    returns

    a hash value consistent with ==

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  4. def +(other: String): String

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Types to StringAdd performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
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  5. def ->[B](y: B): (Types, B)

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Types to ArrowAssoc[Types] performed by method any2ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
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  6. final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  7. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

    Test two objects for equality.

    Test two objects for equality. The expression x == that is equivalent to if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that).

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

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  8. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

    Cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

    Cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

    Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.asInstanceOf[String] will throw a ClassCastException at runtime, while the expression List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]] will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested type.

    returns

    the receiver object.

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    Exceptions thrown
    ClassCastException

    if the receiver object is not an instance of the erasure of type T0.

  9. def clone(): AnyRef

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    The default implementation of the clone method is platform dependent.

    returns

    a copy of the receiver object.

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    @throws()
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    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  10. def ensuring(cond: (Types) ⇒ Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): Types

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Types to Ensuring[Types] performed by method any2Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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  11. def ensuring(cond: (Types) ⇒ Boolean): Types

    Implicit information
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  12. def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): Types

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  13. def ensuring(cond: Boolean): Types

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  14. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Tests whether the argument (arg0) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

    Tests whether the argument (arg0) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

    The eq method implements an equivalence relation on non-null instances of AnyRef, and has three additional properties:

    • It is consistent: for any non-null instances x and y of type AnyRef, multiple invocations of x.eq(y) consistently returns true or consistently returns false.
    • For any non-null instance x of type AnyRef, x.eq(null) and null.eq(x) returns false.
    • null.eq(null) returns true.

    When overriding the equals or hashCode methods, it is important to ensure that their behavior is consistent with reference equality. Therefore, if two objects are references to each other (o1 eq o2), they should be equal to each other (o1 == o2) and they should hash to the same value (o1.hashCode == o2.hashCode).

    returns

    true if the argument is a reference to the receiver object; false otherwise.

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  15. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

    The equality method for reference types.

    The equality method for reference types. Default implementation delegates to eq.

    See also equals in Any.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

    Definition Classes
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  16. def finalize(): Unit

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    The details of when and if the finalize method is invoked, as well as the interaction between finalize and non-local returns and exceptions, are all platform dependent.

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    @throws()
    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  17. def formatted(fmtstr: String): String

    Returns string formatted according to given format string.

    Returns string formatted according to given format string. Format strings are as for String.format (@see java.lang.String.format).

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Types to StringFormat performed by method any2stringfmt in scala.Predef.
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  18. final def getClass(): Class[_]

    A representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    A representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    The nature of the representation is platform dependent.

    returns

    a representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

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    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  19. def hashCode(): Int

    The hashCode method for reference types.

    The hashCode method for reference types. See hashCode in Any.

    returns

    the hash code value for this object.

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  20. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

    Note that the result of the test is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.isInstanceOf[String] will return false, while the expression List(1).isInstanceOf[List[String]] will return true. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the specified type.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is an instance of erasure of type T0; false otherwise.

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  21. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Equivalent to !(this eq that).

    Equivalent to !(this eq that).

    returns

    true if the argument is not a reference to the receiver object; false otherwise.

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  22. final def notify(): Unit

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

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    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  23. final def notifyAll(): Unit

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

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    Note

    not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

  24. val self: Any

    Implicit information
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  25. val self: Any

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Types to StringAdd performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
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  26. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  27. def toString(): String

    Creates a String representation of this object.

    Creates a String representation of this object. The default representation is platform dependent. On the java platform it is the concatenation of the class name, "@", and the object's hashcode in hexadecimal.

    returns

    a String representation of the object.

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  28. final def wait(): Unit

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  29. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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  30. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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  31. def [B](y: B): (Types, B)

    Implicit information
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  1. def x: Types

    Implicit information
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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.10.0) Use leftOfArrow instead

  2. def x: Types

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Types to Ensuring[Types] performed by method any2Ensuring in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.10.0) Use resultOfEnsuring instead

Inherited from AnyRef

Inherited from Any

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringfmt from Types to StringFormat

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringadd from Types to StringAdd

Inherited by implicit conversion any2ArrowAssoc from Types to ArrowAssoc[Types]

Inherited by implicit conversion any2Ensuring from Types to Ensuring[Types]