In Scala, if you want to use structural types with a generic class, you must cast the instance to the structural type and import reflective calls.
Because we have to cast the instance to another type, it is better to define the type alias in a companion object.
import ExampleTest.CanAddElement
import scala.language.reflectiveCalls
import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
object ExampleTest {
type CanAddElement = {def add(s: Any): Boolean}
}
class ExampleTest extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
it should "add an element to the container" in {
def add[T](container: CanAddElement)(element: T): Unit = {
container.add(element)
}
val set = new java.util.HashSet[String]()
add(set.asInstanceOf[CanAddElement])("3")
set.contains("3") shouldEqual true
val list = new java.util.LinkedList[String]()
add(list.asInstanceOf[CanAddElement])("3")
list.contains("3") shouldEqual true
}
}