Match multiple cases classes in scala

Question

I\'m doing matching against some case classes and would like to handle two of the cases in the same way. Something like this:

abstract class Foo
case class A ext         


        

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways that I can see to achieve what you are after, if you have some commonality between case classes. The first is to have the case classes extend a trait which declares the commonality, the second is to use a structural type which removes the need to extend your case classes.

 object MuliCase {
   abstract class Foo
   case object A extends Foo

   trait SupportsS {val s: String}

   type Stype = Foo {val s: String}

   case class B(s:String) extends Foo
   case class C(s:String) extends Foo

   case class D(s:String) extends Foo with SupportsS
   case class E(s:String) extends Foo with SupportsS

   def matcher1(l: Foo): String = {
     l match {
       case A        => "A"
       case s: Stype => println(s.s); "B"
       case _        => "default"
     }
   }

   def matcher2(l: Foo): String = {
     l match {
       case A            => "A"
       case s: SupportsS => println(s.s); "B"
       case _            => "default"
     }
   }

   def main(args: Array[String]) {
     val a = A
     val b = B("B's s value")
     val c = C("C's s value")

     println(matcher1(a))
     println(matcher1(b))
     println(matcher1(c))

     val d = D("D's s value")
     val e = E("E's s value")

     println(matcher2(d))
     println(matcher2(e))
   }
 }

The structural type method generates a warning about erasure which, at present I'm not sure how to eliminate.