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Reputation: 198

How to type cast Any dynamically in scala?

I want to convert "Any" object into an object of runtime type. Based on the class name (string) at the runtime, how do I convert an ANY object to actual object?

I tried using converting class name into class object using Class.forName

val clazz = Class.forName("my.package.Animal")
val any: Any = Animal(1, "simba")
any.asInstanceOf[clazz] // Compilation Error // Looking for a solution

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1670

Answers (1)

Dmytro Mitin
Dmytro Mitin

Reputation: 51648

Try to use

  • compiler toolbox

    package my.package

import scala.tools.reflect.ToolBox
import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._

case class Animal(id: Int, name: String)

object App {    
  val any: Any = Animal(1, "simba")
  val className = "my.package.Animal"

  val mirror = runtimeMirror(getClass.getClassLoader)
  val tb = mirror.mkToolBox()
  tb.eval(tb.parse(
    s"""
      import my.package.App._
      val animal = any.asInstanceOf[$className]
      println(animal.id)
      println(animal.name)
    """))
}

libraryDependencies += scalaOrganization.value % "scala-reflect" % scalaVersion.value

libraryDependencies += scalaOrganization.value % "scala-compiler" % scalaVersion.value

  • or Scala reflection

    import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._

val mirror = runtimeMirror(getClass.getClassLoader)
val classSymbol = mirror.staticClass(className)
val typ = classSymbol.toType
val idMethodSymbol = typ.decl(TermName("id")).asMethod
val nameMethodSymbol = typ.decl(TermName("name")).asMethod
val instanceMirror = mirror.reflect(any)
val idMethodMirror = instanceMirror.reflectMethod(idMethodSymbol)
val nameMethodMirror = instanceMirror.reflectMethod(nameMethodSymbol)
println(idMethodMirror())
println(nameMethodMirror())

libraryDependencies += scalaOrganization.value % "scala-reflect" % scalaVersion.value

  • or Java reflection

    val clazz = Class.forName(className)
val idMethod = clazz.getMethod("id")
val nameMethod = clazz.getMethod("name")
println(idMethod.invoke(any))
println(nameMethod.invoke(any))

Upvotes: 1

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