scala - Type mismatch (String) using case class and actor

Question

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import akka.actor.{Actor, ActorSystem, Props}

case class Number(n: Int)
case class String(s: String)

class DoublingActor extends Actor {
  def receive: Receive = {
    case Number(n) => println(s"Result of doubling $n: ${n*2}")
    case String(s) => println(s"Result of doubling $s: ${s}${s}")
  }
}

object Double extends App {
  val system = ActorSystem("DoublerSystme")
  val doubler = system.actorOf(Props[DoublingActor], "doubler")

  doubler ! Number(5)
  doubler ! String("test")
}

The thing is, the actor works fine with number, but how can I add the matching function that returns the string twice?

Answer 1

You should avoid naming your case class as String, especially in your case, with String parameter type:

case class String(s: String)

It would confuse the compiler to expect a parameter type different from the actual String type you want. Your app will work if you explicitly specify java.lang.String as the parameter type:

case class String(s: java.lang.String)

In any case, I would not recommend naming a case class as String.