Search code examples
scalareflectionscala-2.10context-bound

How to get ClassTag form TypeTag, or both at same time?

I have some code like this:

class ReflectiveJsonFormat[T:TypeTag] extends JsonFormat[T] {
  def write(x: T) : JsValue = {
   val t = typeOf[T]
   val getters = t.declarations.filter { s => s.isMethod && s.asMethod.isGetter }
   val mirror = runtimeMirror(this.getClass.getClassLoader)
   val instanceMiror = mirror.reflect(x)
  }
}

That last line fails with:

No ClassTag available for T

I thought TypeTag was more info than a ClassTag? Can I get the ClassTag from the TypeTag? If not, is there some syntax for saying that T has two context bounds -- both TypeTag and ClassTag? Or, how would you otherwise fix this code?

Solution

  • Well scala does support multiple context bounds if that is what you are after:

    class ReflectiveJsonFormat[T:TypeTag:ClassTag]