A typeclass box: example usage of Existential Types in Scala.
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import scala.language.implicitConversions | |
import scala.language.higherKinds | |
/** | |
* A simple typeclass that converts types A to some specific Java type | |
*/ | |
trait AllowedType[A] { | |
type JavaType >: Null <: AnyRef | |
def toJavaType(a: A): JavaType | |
def toObject(a: A): Object = toJavaType(a) | |
} | |
object AllowedType { | |
def apply[A](implicit ev: AllowedType[A]): AllowedType[A] = ev | |
/** | |
* Helper instance creator | |
*/ | |
def mkInstance[A, J >: Null <: AnyRef](f: A => J): AllowedType[A] = | |
new AllowedType[A] { | |
type JavaType = J | |
def toJavaType(a: A) = f(a) | |
} | |
implicit val intInstance: AllowedType[Int] = | |
mkInstance(Int.box(_)) | |
implicit val strInstance: AllowedType[String] = | |
mkInstance(identity) | |
implicit val boolInstance: AllowedType[Boolean] = | |
mkInstance(Boolean.box(_)) | |
// We can create an instance for TCBox itself! It is simply the inner | |
// type's instance. | |
implicit def instanceForAny: AllowedType[TCBox[AllowedType]] = | |
mkInstance(ev => ev.evidence.toJavaType(ev.value)) | |
} | |
// data TCBox tc = forall a. tc a => TCBox a | |
sealed trait TCBox[TC[_]] { | |
type T | |
val value: T | |
val evidence: TC[T] | |
} | |
private case class MkTCBox[A, TC[_]](value: A)(implicit val evidence: TC[A]) | |
extends TCBox[TC] { | |
type T = A | |
} | |
object TCBox { | |
def apply[T, TC[_]](value: T)(implicit ev: TC[T]): TCBox[TC] = | |
MkTCBox(value) | |
/** | |
* Allows for case matching with evidence | |
*/ | |
def unapply[TC[_]](t: TCBox[TC]): Option[(t.T, TC[t.T])] = | |
Some(t.value -> t.evidence) | |
// If `A` implements the type class `TC`, then `A` can be wrapped by | |
// `TCBox[TC]` if it is expected. This allows for automatic lifting of | |
// types into TCBox. | |
implicit def anyToBox[TC[_], A: TC](v: A): TCBox[TC] = TCBox(v) | |
} | |
object Example { | |
def bind(objs: Object*): Unit = () | |
type AnyAllowedType = TCBox[AllowedType] | |
def toObj(t: AnyAllowedType) = AllowedType[AnyAllowedType].toObject(t) | |
def bindT(objs: AnyAllowedType*): Unit = | |
bind(objs.map(toObj):_*) | |
def f = bindT(123, "Hello", true) | |
} |
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