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Changes for page WebObjects with Scala

Last modified by Ravi Mendis on 2011/05/10 02:10
From version 335.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2010/03/04 22:54
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To version 336.1
edited by Ravi Mendis
on 2010/03/19 00:05
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8 8  
9 9  Here's a quick summary:
10 10  
11 -|= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
12 -|= Mutable/Immuable Datatypes | Collections //e.g: NSArray/NSMutableArray// | No | Yes
13 -|= Closures | Blocks (//Extension//) | No | Anonymous Functions
14 -|= Static variables | Yes | Yes | No
15 -|= Static methods or functions| Yes | Yes | No
16 -|= Concurrency | [[Grand Central Dispatch>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Dispatch]] (//Extension//)| //Threads// |[[Actors>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model]]
17 -|= |= Weakly Typed |=--Strongly Typed--|= Strongly Typed
11 +|= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
12 +|= Separation of Mutable & Immuable Datatypes | Collections //e.g: NSArray/NSMutableArray// | No | Yes
13 +|= Closures | Blocks (//Extension//) | No | Anonymous Functions
14 +|= Static variables | Yes | Yes | No
15 +|= Static methods or functions | Yes | Yes | No
16 +|= Concurrency | [[Grand Central Dispatch>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Central_Dispatch]] (//Extension//)| //Threads// |[[Actors>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model]]
17 +|= |= Weakly Typed |=--Strongly Typed--|= Strongly Typed
18 18  
19 19  Other notable features include:
20 20  
21 -|= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
22 -|= Parametered methods | Yes //e.g: addObject: to~:// | No | Yes //e.g: add(object= ,to=)//
23 -|= Class composition | Categories | Interfaces | Traits
21 +|= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
22 +|= Parametered methods | Yes //e.g: addObject: to~:// | No | Yes //e.g: add(object= ,to=)//
23 +|= Class composition | Categories | Interfaces | Traits
24 24  
25 25  === Why Use Scala? ===
26 26  
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186 186  
187 187  {{code}}
188 188  
189 -def movies: NSArray[EOGenericRecord] = {
190 - storedValueForKey(_Studio.Keys.MOVIES).asInstanceOf[NSArray[EOGenericRecord]]
189 +def movies: NSArray[Studio] = {
190 + storedValueForKey(_Studio.Keys.MOVIES).asInstanceOf[NSArray[Studio]]
191 191  }
192 192  
193 -def moviesList: List[EOGenericRecord] = {
193 +def moviesList: List[Studio] = {
194 194   movies.objects.toList
195 195  }
196 196  
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200 200  
201 201  {{include value="WOL:Adding Scala Support to a WOLips Project"}}{{/include}}
202 202  
203 -{{note title="Note"}}
203 +{{note}}
204 204  
205 205  This is for Eclipse/WOLips IDE
206 206  
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237 237  1. Set ##scala.home## (the location Scala has been installed onto) in the project ##build.properties## file
238 238  1. [[Add the scalac task and properties>>Configuring Ant to Build Scala with WebObjects]] to the ant build.xml file
239 239  1. Run from the project directory: ##sudo ant clean install##
240 +
241 +== Caveats ==
242 +
243 +{{warning}}
244 +
245 +Currently mixed Scala and Java projects aren't supported by the Scala Eclipse IDE, though it is possible to do so providing your project is either mostly Java or mostly Scala.
246 +
247 +{{/warning}}