typedefdatatoseqany.scala

import org.joda.time._

val typedef = Seq("string", "datetime")
val data = Seq("hi","014-01-07T15:57:52.253-05:00")

val x: Seq[Any] = (for(i <- 0 to data.length - 1)
  yield({
    if (i <= typedef.length)  
      typedef(i) match {
        case "datetime" => new DateTime(data(i))
        case _ => data(i).asInstanceOf[String] 
      }
    else data(i)
  }))

Given Two sequences:

• Sequence 1 (typedef) defines the type.
• Sequence 2. contains the data

Combines based on definition (typedef) the data into a sequence of Any type.

In the example result x: Seq[Any] = Vector(hi, 0014-01-07T15:25:41.253-05:32:11)