I want to override method in enum class, something as the following example mentioned in Add enum construct
enum class Option[+T] extends Serializable {
def isDefined: Boolean
}
object Option {
def apply[T](x: T) = if (x != null) Some(x) else None
case Some[+T](x: T) {
def isDefined = true
}
case None {
def isDefined = false
}
}
However, the codes does not compiles in Scala 3.0. How to change the code to make it work? Thanks.
EDIT Thanks for @Mario Galic's answer.
I want to grouped a series of compression method as an enum, as following:
enum CompressionMethod:
def compress(out: OutputStream): OutputStream
def decompress(in: InputStream): InputStream
case GZIP extends CompressionMethod: ...
case BZIP extends CompressionMethod: ...
case NONE extends CompressionMethod: ...
It seems ugly if I packed all implementation as:
enum CompressionMethod:
def compress(out: OutputStream): OutputStream = this match
case NONE => out
case BZIP => a lot codes ..
case GZIP => a lot codes ..
case ...
Moreover, I need to modify the compress
method if I add another case later other than just add an other case instance
itself. Something like:
enum CompressionMethod:
def compress(out: OutputStream): OutputStream
case GZIP extends CompressionMethod:
override def compress(out: OutputStream): OutputStream =
...
case BZIP extends CompressionMethod:
override def compress(out: OutputStream): OutputStream =
...
One tip is to check tests for most up-to-date usage, for example, tests/run/enum-Option1.scala
$ scala3-repl
scala> enum Option1[+T]:
| case Some1(x: T)
| case None1
|
| def isDefined: Boolean = this match
| case None1 => false
| case _ => true
|
// defined class Option1
scala> import Option1.*
scala> Some1(42).isDefined
val res0: Boolean = true
scala> None1.isDefined
val res1: Boolean = false