ReflectiveMirror

The module symbol of the default (unnamed) package

The module class symbol of the default (unnamed) package

The class symbol of the _root_ package

The module symbol of the _root_ package

A reflective mirror for the given object.

Such a mirror can be used to further reflect against the members of the object to get/set fields, invoke methods and inspect inner classes and objects.

Reflects against a static class symbol and returns a mirror that can be used to create instances of the class, inspect its companion object or perform further reflections.

To get a class symbol by the name of the class you would like to reflect, use <this mirror>.classSymbol(<runtime class loaded by its name>).

The input symbol can be either private or non-private (Scala reflection transparently deals with visibility). It must be static, i.e. either top-level or nested within one or several static objects.

Reflects against a static module symbol and returns a mirror that can be used to get the instance of the object or inspect its companion class.

To get a module symbol by the name of its companion class you would like to reflect, use <this mirror>.classSymbol(<runtime class loaded by its name>).companion.get.

The input symbol can be either private or non-private (Scala reflection transparently deals with visibility). It must be static, i.e. either top-level or nested within one or several static objects.

The symbol corresponding to the globally accessible class with the given fully qualified name fullName.

If the name points to a type alias, it's recursively dealiased and its target is returned. If you need a symbol that corresponds to the type alias itself, load it directly from the package class:

scala> cm.staticClass("scala.List") res0: reflect.runtime.universe.ClassSymbol = class List

scala> res0.fullName res1: String = scala.collection.immutable.List

scala> cm.staticPackage("scala") res2: reflect.runtime.universe.ModuleSymbol = package scala

scala> res2.moduleClass.typeSignature member newTypeName("List") res3: reflect.runtime.universe.Symbol = type List

scala> res3.fullName res4: String = scala.List

To be consistent with Scala name resolution rules, in case of ambiguity between a package and an object, the object is never been considered.

For example for the following code:

package foo { class B }

object foo { class A class B }

staticClass("foo.B") will resolve to the symbol corresponding to the class B declared in the package foo, and staticClass("foo.A") will throw a MissingRequirementException (which is exactly what scalac would do if this fully qualified class name is written inside any package in a Scala program).

In the example above, to load a symbol that corresponds to the class B declared in the object foo, use staticModule("foo") to load the module symbol and then navigate typeSignature.members of its moduleClass.

The symbol corresponding to the globally accessible object with the given fully qualified name fullName.

To be consistent with Scala name resolution rules, in case of ambiguity between a package and an object, the object is never been considered.

For example for the following code:

package foo { object B }

object foo { object A object B }

staticModule("foo.B") will resolve to the symbol corresponding to the object B declared in the package foo, and staticModule("foo.A") will throw a MissingRequirementException (which is exactly what scalac would do if this fully qualified class name is written inside any package in a Scala program).

In the example above, to load a symbol that corresponds to the object B declared in the object foo, use staticModule("foo") to load the module symbol and then navigate typeSignature.members of its moduleClass.

The symbol corresponding to a package with the given fully qualified name fullName.

The universe this mirror belongs to.

Test two objects for inequality.

Equivalent to x.hashCode except for boxed numeric types and null. For numerics, it returns a hash value which is consistent with value equality: if two value type instances compare as true, then ## will produce the same hash value for each of them. For null returns a hashcode where null.hashCode throws a NullPointerException.

Test two objects for equality. The expression x == that is equivalent to if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that).

Cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.asInstanceOf[String] will throw a ClassCastException at runtime, while the expression List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]] will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested type.

Create a copy of the receiver object.

The default implementation of the clone method is platform dependent.

Tests whether the argument (arg0) is a reference to the receiver object (this).

The eq method implements an equivalence relation on non-null instances of AnyRef, and has three additional properties:

• It is consistent: for any non-null instances x and y of type AnyRef, multiple invocations of x.eq(y) consistently returns true or consistently returns false.
• For any non-null instance x of type AnyRef, x.eq(null) and null.eq(x) returns false.
• null.eq(null) returns true.

When overriding the equals or hashCode methods, it is important to ensure that their behavior is consistent with reference equality. Therefore, if two objects are references to each other (o1 eq o2), they should be equal to each other (o1 == o2) and they should hash to the same value (o1.hashCode == o2.hashCode).

The equality method for reference types. Default implementation delegates to eq.

See also equals in scala.Any.

Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

The details of when and if the finalize method is invoked, as well as the interaction between finalize and non-local returns and exceptions, are all platform dependent.

Returns string formatted according to given format string. Format strings are as for String.format (@see java.lang.String.format).

A representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

The nature of the representation is platform dependent.

The hashCode method for reference types. See hashCode in scala.Any.

Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is T0.

Note that the result of the test is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.isInstanceOf[String] will return false, while the expression List(1).isInstanceOf[List[String]] will return true. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the specified type.

Equivalent to !(this eq that).

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

Creates a String representation of this object. The default representation is platform dependent. On the java platform it is the concatenation of the class name, "@", and the object's hashcode in hexadecimal.