Converting a Java collection into a Scala collection
问题 Related to Stack Overflow question Scala equivalent of new HashSet(Collection) , how do I convert a Java collection ( java.util.List say) into a Scala collection List ? I am actually trying to convert a Java API call to Spring's SimpleJdbcTemplate , which returns a java.util.List<T> , into a Scala immutable HashSet . So for example: val l: java.util.List[String] = javaApi.query( ... ) val s: HashSet[String] = //make a set from l This seems to work. Criticism is welcome! import scala