scala学习Case Classes

Defining a case class

1. Notice the keyword “new” is not used to instantiate the Message class. This because case classes have an apply method by default which takes care of object construction.
2. When you create a case class with parameters, the parameters are public val(i.e. immutable) s.

case class Message(sender: String, recipient: String, body: String)
val message1 = Message("guillaume@quebec.ca", "jorge@catalonia.es", "Ça va ?")

println(message1.sender)  // prints guillaume@quebec.ca
message1.sender = "travis@washington.us"  // this line does not compile

Comparison

1. Instances of case classes are compared by structure and not by reference.

case class Message(sender: String, recipient: String, body: String)

val message2 = Message("jorge@catalonia.es", "guillaume@quebec.ca", "Com va?")
val message3 = Message("jorge@catalonia.es", "guillaume@quebec.ca", "Com va?")
val messagesAreTheSame = message2 == message3  // true

Even though message2 and message3 refer to different objects, the value of each object is equal.

Copying

You can create a (shallow) copy of an instance of a case class simply by using the copy method. You can optionally change the constructor arguments.

case class Message(sender: String, recipient: String, body: String)
val message4 = Message("julien@bretagne.fr", "travis@washington.us", "Me zo o komz gant ma amezeg")
val message5 = message4.copy(sender = message4.recipient, recipient = "claire@bourgogne.fr")
message5.sender  // travis@washington.us
message5.recipient // claire@bourgogne.fr
message5.body  // "Me zo o komz gant ma amezeg"