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Blankman
Blankman

Reputation: 267320

Scala api and java compatibility, do you have to remap?

Say I have a scala library that exposes api methods that take scala specific types (say a collection that isn't available in java).

Does this mean you have to either change the exposed parameter, or change the collection to a java compatible type and then iterate over it and initialize the scala specific collection?

Basically what I am getting at is, when designing a scala api that will be used in java, you have to use a compatible type or you pay performance/memory penalty if you have to iterate and map the java collection to the scala one right?

Is that basically what the options are?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 405

Answers (1)

Garbage
Garbage

Reputation: 1520

From http://www.scala-lang.org/faq/4

What does it mean that Scala is compatible with Java?

The standard Scala backend is a Java VM. Scala classes are Java classes, and vice versa. You can call the methods of either language from methods in the other one. You can extend Java classes in Scala, and vice versa. The main limitation is that some Scala features do not have equivalents in Java, for example traits.

Also, to answer your question, plase visit How to use scala.collection.immutable.List in a Java code

Upvotes: 2

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