Overload constructor for Scala's Case Classes?

Question

In Scala 2.8 is there a way to overload constructors of a case class?

If yes, please put a snippet to explain, if not, please explain why?

Answer 1

You can define an overloaded constructor the usual way, but to invoke it you have to use the "new" keyword.

scala> case class A(i: Int) { def this(s: String) = this(s.toInt) }
defined class A

scala> A(1)
res0: A = A(1)

scala> A("2")
:8: error: type mismatch;
 found   : java.lang.String("2")
 required: Int
       A("2")
         ^

scala> new A("2")
res2: A = A(2)