Is there any way to extend an object?

Question

In scala, we cannot extend object:

object X 
object Y extends X

gives an error error: not found: type X

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Answer 1

You can convert parent into class + companion object, and then have child extend class E.g.

in Parent.scala

class Parent {}

object Parent extends Parent {}

And then in Child.scala

object Child extends Parent {}

Yes, it's more a hack than a solution.