在Scala反射中,为什么TypeTag上的反射函数仍然具有类型擦除?

时间:2016-06-08 23:27:25

标签: scala type-erasure scala-reflect

考虑以下scala计划:

val arr: Seq[String] = Seq("abc", "def")
val cls = arr.head.getClass
println(cls)
val ttg: TypeTag[Seq[String]] = typeOf[Seq[String]]
val fns = ttg.tpe
  .members
val fn = fns
  .filter(_.name.toString == "head")
  .head                           // Unsafely access it for now, use Option and map under normal conditions
  .asMethod                       // Coerce to a method symbol

val fnTp = fn.returnType
println(fnTp)

val fnCls = ttg.mirror.runtimeClass(fnTp)
assert(fnTp == cls)

由于TypeTag同时包含Seq和String信息,我希望fn.returnType给出正确的结果" String",但在这种情况下,我得到了以下程序输出:

cls = class java.lang.String
fnTp = A

随后抛出此异常:

A needed class was not found. This could be due to an error in your runpath. Missing class: no Java class corresponding to A found
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: no Java class corresponding to A found
    at scala.reflect.runtime.JavaMirrors$JavaMirror.typeToJavaClass(JavaMirrors.scala:1258)
    at scala.reflect.runtime.JavaMirrors$JavaMirror.runtimeClass(JavaMirrors.scala:202)
    at scala.reflect.runtime.JavaMirrors$JavaMirror.runtimeClass(JavaMirrors.scala:65)

显然类型字符串已被删除,只留下一个通配符类型' A'

为什么TypeTag无法按预期产生正确的擦除类型?

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:1)

Seq.head定义为def head: Afn只是泛型类head中方法Seq[A]的方法符号,它对具体类型一无所知。因此,returnType正好与A中定义的Seq完全相同。

如果您想知道A在具体Type中的含义,您必须明确指定。{p>例如,您可以在方法符号上使用infoIn

scala> val fnTp = fn.infoIn(ttg.tpe)
fnTp: reflect.runtime.universe.Type = => String

scala> val fnRetTp = fnTp.resultType
fnRetTp: reflect.runtime.universe.Type = String