Scala - how to print case classes like (pretty printed) tree

Question

I\'m making a parser with Scala Combinators. It is awesome. What I end up with is a long list of entagled case classes, like: ClassDecl(Complex,List(VarDecl(Real,float

Answer 1

Using reflection

import scala.reflect.ClassTag
import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._

object CaseClassBeautifier  {
  def getCaseAccessors[T: TypeTag] = typeOf[T].members.collect {
    case m: MethodSymbol if m.isCaseAccessor => m
  }.toList

  def nice[T:TypeTag](x: T)(implicit classTag: ClassTag[T]) : String = {
    val instance = x.asInstanceOf[T]
    val mirror = runtimeMirror(instance.getClass.getClassLoader)
    val accessors = getCaseAccessors[T]
    var res = List.empty[String]
    accessors.foreach { z ⇒
      val instanceMirror = mirror.reflect(instance)
      val fieldMirror = instanceMirror.reflectField(z.asTerm)
      val s = s"${z.name} = ${fieldMirror.get}"
      res = s :: res
    }
    val beautified = x.getClass.getSimpleName + "(" + res.mkString(", ") + ")"
    beautified
  }
}