CODEWITHSUNDEEP
scala
Helen Zhao
Helen Zhao

Reputation: 13

Changing variable inside a class

class B(i:Int) {
  var v = new M(i)
  class M(i: Int) {
    val x = i
    println("Creating a new M")
    println(s"x = $x")
  }
}


val b = new B(1)
val c = new B(2)
b.v = c.v

How do I change the variable v inside b with c.v and why can't I do this way?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 104

Answers (1)

vsminkov
vsminkov

Reputation: 11250

The reason why you can't do such assignment is because M class is not static. Unlike java each outer class instance has it's own inner class so b.v and c.v are instance of different types hence you can't simple do assignment.

What you can do is to

  1. Declare M static in scala way using companion-object
object B {
  class M(i: Int) {
    val x = i
    println("Creating a new M")
    println(s"x = $x")
  }
}

class B(i:Int) {
  import B._
  var v = new B.M(i)
}
  1. Assign using same instance of class B
b.v = new b.M(2)

You can find more info on inner classes at scala-lang.org

Upvotes: 3

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