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How To Convert Scala Case Class to Java HashMap

I'm using Mule ESB (Java Based) and I have some scala components that modify and create data. My Data is represented in Case Classes. I'm trying to convert them to Java, however Just getting them to convert to Scala types is a challenge. Here's a simplified example of what I'm trying to do:
package com.echostar.ese.experiment
import scala.collection.JavaConverters
case class Resource(guid: String, filename: String)
case class Blackboard(name: String, guid:String, resource: Resource)
object CCC extends App {
val res = Resource("4alskckd", "test.file")
val bb = Blackboard("Test", "123asdfs", res)
val myMap = getCCParams(bb)
val result = new java.util.HashMap[String,Object](myMap)
println("Result:"+result)
def getCCParams(cc: AnyRef) =
(Map[String, Any]() /: cc.getClass.getDeclaredFields) {(a, f) =>
f.setAccessible(true)
val value = f.get(cc) match {
// this covers tuples as well as case classes, so there may be a more specific way
case caseClassInstance: Product => getCCParams(caseClassInstance): Map[String, Any]
case x => x
}
a + (f.getName -> value)
}
}
Current Error: Recursive method needs return type.
My Scala Foo isn't very strong. I grabbed this method from another answer here
and basically know what it's doing, but not enough to change this to java.util.HashMap and java.util.List
Expected Output:
Result:{"name"="Test", "guid"="123asdfs", "resource"= {"guid"="4alskckd", "filename"="test.file"}}
UPDATE1:
1. Added getCCParams(caseClassInstance): Map[String, Any] to line 22 Above per #cem-catikkas. IDE syntax error still says "recursive method ... needs result type" and "overloaded method java.util.HashMap cannot be applied to scala.collection.immutable.Map".
2. Changed java.util.HashMap[String, Object]

You should follow what the error tells you. Since getCCParams is a recursive method you need to declare its return type.
def getCCParams(cc: AnyRef): Map[String, Any]

Answering this in case anyone else going through the issue ends up here (as happened to me).
I believe the error you were getting had to do with the fact that the return type was being declared at method invocation (line 22), however the compiler was expecting it at the method's declaration (in your case, line 17). The below seems to have worked:
def getCCParams(cc: AnyRef): Map[String, Any] = ...
Regarding the conversion from Scala Map to Java HashMap, by adding the ._ wildcard to the JavaConverters import statement, you manage to import all the methods of the object as single identifiers, which is a requirement for implicit conversions. This will include the asJava method which can then be used to convert the Scala Map to a Java one, and then this can be passed to the java.util.HashMap(Map<? extends K,? extends V> m) constructor to instantiate a HashMap:
import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
import java.util.{HashMap => JHashMap}
...
val myMap = getCCParams(bb)
val r = myMap.asJava // converting to java.util.Map[String, Any]
val result: JHashMap[String,Any] = new JHashMap(r)

I wonder if you've considered going at it the other way around, by implementing the java.util.Map interface in your case class? Then you wouldn't have to convert back and forth, but any consumers downstream that are using a Map interface will just work (for example if you're using Groovy's field dot-notation).

Get Java reflection representation of Scala type

This seems like a simple question, but it's very challenging to search for, so I'm asking a new question. My apologies if it's already been asked.
Due to the compiler bug described here Scala 2.11.5 compiler crash with type aliases and manifests (also here https://issues.scala-lang.org/browse/SI-9155), I need to use scala TypeTags and friends for discovery of type parameters to methods. However, I then need to use that type information in a Java library that uses java.lang.Class and java.lang.reflect.Type.
How can I convert a scala.reflect.runtime.universe Type into a java.lang.reflect.Type or java.lang.Class?
Put concretely, how would I fill out the body of this method:
def typeFor[T](implicit tag: TypeTag[T]): java.lang.reflect.Type = ...
or, if that's not possible:
def typeFor[T](implicit tag: TypeTag[T]): java.lang.Class[T] = ...
And note, due to the bug posted above, I cannot use scala.reflect.Manifest.

The short answer is no, but you can try to do something similar to this SO question. However there is an open ticket....

This may have some limitations I'm not aware of, but you could drop down to Java reflection and try something like:
import scala.util.control.Exception._
def typeMe[T](implicit t: TypeTag[T]) = {
catching(classOf[Exception]) opt Class.forName(t.tpe.typeSymbol.asClass.fullName)
}
println(typeMe[String])
println(typeMe[ClassTag[_]])
Results in:
Some(class java.lang.String)
Some(interface scala.reflect.ClassTag)

The way I solved it with manifests, was:
private def typeFromManifest(m: Manifest[_]): Type = {
if (m.typeArguments.isEmpty) { m.runtimeClass }
else new ParameterizedType {
def getRawType = m.runtimeClass
def getActualTypeArguments = m.typeArguments.map(typeFromManifest).toArray
def getOwnerType = null
}
}
Right now I'm trying to solve this using something other than Manifest which should be removed from scala runtime.

How do I write a JSON Format for an object in the Java library that doesn't have an apply method?

I've been stuck on this particular problem for about a week now, and I figure I'm going to write this up as a question on here to clear out my thoughts and get some guidance.
So I have this case class that has a java.sql.Timestamp field:
case class Request(id: Option[Int], requestDate: Timestamp)
and I want to convert this to a JsObject
val q = Query(Requests).list // This is Slick, a database access lib for Scala
printList(q)
Ok(Json.toJson(q)) // and this is where I run into trouble
"No Json deserializer found for type List[models.Request]. Try to implement an implicit Writes or Format for this type." Okay, that makes sense.
So following the Play documentation here, I attempt to write a Format...
implicit val requestFormat = Json.format[Request] // need Timestamp deserializer
implicit val timestampFormat = (
(__ \ "time").format[Long] // error 1
)(Timestamp.apply, unlift(Timestamp.unapply)) // error 2
Error 1
Description Resource Path Location Type overloaded method value format with alternatives:
(w: play.api.libs.json.Writes[Long])(implicit r: play.api.libs.json.Reads[Long])play.api.libs.json.OFormat[Long]
<and>
(r: play.api.libs.json.Reads[Long])(implicit w: play.api.libs.json.Writes[Long])play.api.libs.json.OFormat[Long]
<and>
(implicit f: play.api.libs.json.Format[Long])play.api.libs.json.OFormat[Long]
cannot be applied to (<error>, <error>)
Apparently importing like so (see the documentation "ctrl+F import") is getting me into trouble:
import play.api.libs.json._ // so I change this to import only Format and fine
import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
import play.api.libs.json.Json
import play.api.libs.json.Json._
Now that the overloading error went away, I reach more trubbles: not found: value __ I imported .../functional.syntax._ already just like it says in the documentation! This guy ran into the same issue but the import fixed it for him! So why?! I thought this might just be Eclipse's problem and tried to play run anyway ... nothing changed. Fine. The compiler is always right.
Imported play.api.lib.json.JsPath, changed __ to JsPath, and wallah:
Error 2
value apply is not a member of object java.sql.Timestamp
value unapply is not a member of object java.sql.Timestamp
I also try changing tacks and writing a Write for this instead of Format, without the fancy new combinator (__) feature by following the original blog post the official docs are based on/copy-pasted from:
// I change the imports above to use Writes instead of Format
implicit val timestampFormat = new Writes[Timestamp]( // ERROR 3
def writes(t: Timestamp): JsValue = { // ERROR 4 def is underlined
Json.obj(
/* Returns the number of milliseconds since
January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this Timestamp object. */
"time" -> t.getTime()
)
}
)
ERROR 3: trait Writes is abstract, cannot be instantiated
ERROR 4: illegal start of simple expression
At this point I'm about at my wits' end here, so I'm just going back to the rest of my mental stack and report from my first piece of code
My utter gratefulness to anybody who can put me out of my coding misery

It's not necessarily apply or unapply functions you need. It's a) a function that constructs whatever the type you need given some parameters, and b) a function that turns an instance of that type into a tuple of values (usually matching the input parameters.)
The apply and unapply functions you get for free with a Scala case class just happen to do this, so it's convenient to use them. But you can always write your own.
Normally you could do this with anonymous functions like so:
import java.sql.Timestamp
import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
import play.api.libs.json._
implicit val timestampFormat: Format[Timestamp] = (
(__ \ "time").format[Long]
)((long: Long) => new Timestamp(long), (ts: Timestamp) => (ts.getTime))
However! In this case you fall foul of a limitation with the API that prevents you from writing formats like this, with only one value. This limitation is explained here, as per this answer.
For you, a way that works would be this more complex-looking hack:
import java.sql.Timestamp
import play.api.libs.functional.syntax._
import play.api.libs.json._
implicit val rds: Reads[Timestamp] = (__ \ "time").read[Long].map{ long => new Timestamp(long) }
implicit val wrs: Writes[Timestamp] = (__ \ "time").write[Long].contramap{ (a: Timestamp) => a.getTime }
implicit val fmt: Format[Timestamp] = Format(rds, wrs)
// Test it...
val testTime = Json.obj("time" -> 123456789)
assert(testTime.as[Timestamp] == new Timestamp(123456789))

Java nested Map to Scala nested sequence

I'm new to Scala and our project mixes Java and Scala code together (using the Play Framework). I'm trying to write a Scala method that can take a nested Java Map such as:
LinkedHashMap<String, LinkedHashMap<String, String>> groupingA = new LinkedHashMap<String, LinkedHashMap<String,String>>();
And have that java object passed to a Scala function that can loop through it. I have the following scala object definition to try and support the above Java nested map:
Seq[(String, Seq[(String,String)])]
Both the Java file and the Scala file compile fine individually, but when my java object tries to create a new instance of my scala class and pass in the nested map, I get a compiler error with the following details:
[error] ..... overloaded method value apply with alternatives:
[error] (options: java.util.List[String])scala.collection.mutable.Buffer[(String, String)] <and>
[error] (options: scala.collection.immutable.List[String])List[(String, String)] <and>
[error] (options: java.util.Map[String,String])Seq[(String, String)] <and>
[error] (options: scala.collection.immutable.Map[String,String])Seq[(String, String)] <and>
[error] (options: (String, String)*)Seq[(String, String)]
[error] cannot be applied to (java.util.LinkedHashMap[java.lang.String,java.util.LinkedHashMap[java.lang.String,java.lang.String]])
Any ideas here on how I can pass in a nested Java LinkedHashMap such as above into a Scala file where I can generically iterate over a nested collection? I'm trying to write this generic enough that it would also work for a nested Scala collection in case we ever switch to writing our play framework controllers in Scala instead of Java.

Seq is a base trait defined in the Scala Collections hierarchy. While java and scala offer byte code compatibility, scala defines a number of its own types including its own collection library. The rub here is if you want to write idiomatic scala you need to convert your java data to scala data. The way I see it you have a few options.
You can use Richard's solution and convert the java types to scala types in your scala code. I think this is ugly because it assumes your input will always be coming from java land.
You can write beautiful, perfect scala handler and provide a companion object that offers the ugly java conversion behavior. This disentangles your scala implementation from the java details.
Or you could write an implicit def like the one below genericizing it to your heart's content.
.
import java.util.LinkedHashMap
import scala.collection.JavaConversions.mapAsScalaMap
object App{
implicit def wrapLhm[K,V,G](i:LinkedHashMap[K,LinkedHashMap[G,V]]):LHMWrapper[K,V,G] = new LHMWrapper[K,V,G](i)
def main(args: Array[String]){
println("Hello World!")
val lhm = new LinkedHashMap[String, LinkedHashMap[String,String]]()
val inner = new LinkedHashMap[String,String]()
inner.put("one", "one")
lhm.put("outer",inner);
val s = lhm.getSeq()
println(s.toString())
}
class LHMWrapper[K,V,G](value: LinkedHashMap[K,LinkedHashMap[G,V]]){
def getSeq():Seq[ (K, Seq[(G,V)])] = mapAsScalaMap(value).mapValues(mapAsScalaMap(_).toSeq).toSeq
}
}

Try this:
import scala.collections.JavaConversions.mapAsScalaMap
val lhm: LinkedHashMap[String, LinkedHashMap[String, String]] = getLHM()
val scalaMap = mapAsScalaMap(lhm).mapValues(mapAsScalaMap(_).toSeq).toSeq
I tested this, and got a result of type Seq[String, Seq[(String, String)]]
(The conversions will wrap the original Java object, rather than actually creating a Scala object with a copy of the values. So the conversions to Seq aren't necessary, you could leave it as a Map, the iteration order will be the same).
Let me guess, are you processing query parameters?

Casting objects in JRuby

Is there a way I can explicitly cast one Java object to another Java class from JRuby?
Sometimes I want to be able to invoke SomeJavaClass#aMethod(MySuperClass) rather than SomeJavaClass#aMethod(MyClass) from JRuby.
From Java, I'd do this:
someJavaObject.aMethod( (MySuperClass) myObj );
but I didn't see a #cast ruby method or anything like that to do the equivalent from JRuby.
Note that the question Casting Java Objects From JRuby lacks an answer for the general case, which is why I'm re-asking the question.

You need to make use of either the #java_send or #java_alias feature available starting with JRuby 1.4 to select the method you wish to call. Example:
class Java::JavaUtil::Arrays
boolean_array_class = [false].to_java(:boolean).java_class
java_alias :boolean_equals, :equals, [boolean_array_class, boolean_array_class]
end
a1 = [false, true]
Java::JavaUtil::Arrays.boolean_equals a1, a1
# => TypeError: for method Arrays.equals expected [class [Z, class [Z]; got: [org.jruby.RubyArray,org.jruby.RubyArray]; error: argument type mismatch
Java::JavaUtil::Arrays.boolean_equals a1.to_java(:boolean), a1.to_java(:boolean)
# => true
a2 = [true, false]
Java::JavaUtil::Arrays.boolean_equals a1.to_java(:boolean), a2.to_java(:boolean)
# => false