How to pattern match large Scala case classes?

Question

Consider the following Scala case class:

case class WideLoad(a: String, b: Int, c: Float, d: ActorRef, e: Date)

Pattern matching allows me

Answer 1

You can just specify the type in the matched pattern:

case class WideLoad(a: String, b: Int, c: Float, d: ActorRef, e: Date)

val someVal = WideLoad(...)

someVal match {
    case w: WideLoad => w.d ! SomeMessage(...)
}