Synesso

scala> val tuple = ("a string", 99, bigFlathead)
tuple: (java.lang.String, Int, Fish) = (a string,99,Fish(flathead,big))

scala> val (s, i, f) = tuple
s: java.lang.String = a string
i: Int = 99
f: Fish = Fish(flathead,big)

Synesso

scala> val adjective = "sloppily"
adjective: java.lang.String = sloppily

scala> <fish><kiss how={adjective}><describe>{kiss(adjective)}</describe></kiss></fish>
res0: scala.xml.Elem = <fish><kiss how="sloppily"><describe>You sloppily kiss a big flathead</describe></kiss></fish>

Synesso

case class Fish(species: String, size: String) {
  val kiss: (String) => String = (adjective) => "You %s kiss a %s %s".format(adjective, size, species)
}

scala> val bigFlathead = Fish("flathead", "big")
bigFlathead: Fish = Fish(flathead,big)

scala> val kiss = bigFlathead.kiss           
kiss: (String) => String = <function1>

Synesso

case class Sandwich(bread: String = "wholemeal", filling: String = "tomato")

scala> Sandwich(filling = "salad")
Sandwich(wholemeal,salad)

Synesso

case class Person(name: String, birthday: Date, languagesSpoken: List[String])

Synesso

object Hello {
  def world = "Bonjour"
}

scala> Hello.world
java.lang.String = Bonjour

Synesso

scala> val fruit = List("apple", "banana", "lemon")

private List<String> fruit = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList("apple", "banana", "lemon"));

Synesso

scala> aString.to[tab]

toCharArray   toLowerCase   toString      toUpperCase

Synesso

System.out.println(_: String)
(String) => Unit

"some string".toUpperCase _
() => String

100 + (_: Int)
(Int) => Int

{i: Int => i > 500}

Synesso

def debug(msg: String) {
  // msg has already been resolved to a String
  if (allowDebug) println(msg)
}

def debug(msg: => String) {
  // msg is a function that will not be invoked if !allowDebug
  if (allowDebug) println(msg)
}