How are Scala traits compiled into Java bytecode?

Question

I have played around with Scala for a while now, and I know that traits can act as the Scala equivalent of both interfaces and abstract classes. How exactly are traits comp

Answer 1

A very good explanation of this is in:

The busy Java developer's guide to Scala: Of traits and behaviors - Traits in the JVM

Quote:

In this case, it [the compiler] drops the method implementations and field declarations defined in the trait into the class that implements the trait