Instantiating a case class from a list of parameters

Question

Given:

case class Foo(a: Int, b: String, c: Double)

you can say:

val params = Foo(1, \"bar\", 3.14).productIterator.toList
         


        

Answer 1

scala> case class Foo(a: Int, b: String, c: Double)
defined class Foo

scala> val params = Foo(1, "bar", 3.14).productIterator.toList
params: List[Any] = List(1, bar, 3.14)

scala> Foo.getClass.getMethods.find(x => x.getName == "apply" && x.isBridge).get.invoke(Foo, params map (_.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]): _*).asInstanceOf[Foo]
res0: Foo = Foo(1,bar,3.14)

scala> Foo(1, "bar", 3.14) == res0
res1: Boolean = true

Edit: by the way, the syntax so far only being danced around for supplying the tuple as an argument is:

scala> case class Foo(a: Int, b: String, c: Double)
defined class Foo

scala> Foo.tupled((1, "bar", 3.14))                
res0: Foo = Foo(1,bar,3.14)