trait InternalApi extends AnyRef
Reflection API exhibits a tension inherent to experimental things: on the one hand we want it to grow into a beautiful and robust API, but on the other hand we have to deal with immaturity of underlying mechanisms by providing not very pretty solutions to enable important use cases.
In Scala 2.10, which was our first stab at reflection API, we didn't have a systematic approach to dealing with this tension, sometimes exposing too much of internals (e.g. Symbol.deSkolemize) and sometimes exposing too little (e.g. there's still no facility to change owners, to do typing transformations, etc). This resulted in certain confusion with some internal APIs living among public ones, scaring the newcomers, and some internal APIs only available via casting, which requires intimate knowledge of the compiler and breaks compatibility guarantees.
This led to creation of the internal API module for the reflection API, which
provides advanced APIs necessary for macros that push boundaries of the state of the art,
clearly demarcating them from the more or less straightforward rest and
providing compatibility guarantees on par with the rest of the reflection API
(full compatibility within minor releases, best effort towards backward compatibility within major releases,
clear replacement path in case of rare incompatible changes in major releases).
The internal module itself (the value that implements InternalApi) isn't defined here,
in scala.reflect.api.Universe, but is provided on per-implementation basis. Runtime API endpoint
(scala.reflect.runtime.universe) provides universe.compat: InternalApi, whereas compile-time API endpoints
(instances of scala.reflect.macros.Context) provide c.compat: ContextInternalApi, which extends InternalApi
with additional universe-specific and context-specific functionality.
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- Universe.InternalApi
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- Internals.scala
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- trait DecoratorApi extends AnyRef
- See also
- abstract type Decorators <: DecoratorApi
Syntactic conveniences for additional internal APIs for trees, symbols and types
Abstract Value Members
- abstract def annotatedType(annotations: List[Universe.Annotation], underlying: Universe.Type): Universe.AnnotatedType
A creator for
AnnotatedTypetypes. - abstract def asFreeTerm(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Universe.FreeTermSymbol
This symbol cast to a free term symbol.
This symbol cast to a free term symbol.
- Exceptions thrown
ScalaReflectionExceptionifisFreeTermis false.
- abstract def asFreeType(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Universe.FreeTypeSymbol
This symbol cast to a free type symbol.
This symbol cast to a free type symbol.
- Exceptions thrown
ScalaReflectionExceptionifisFreeTypeis false.
- abstract def boundedWildcardType(bounds: Universe.TypeBounds): Universe.BoundedWildcardType
A creator for
BoundedWildcardTypetypes. - abstract def classDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, impl: Universe.Template): Universe.ClassDef
A factory method for
ClassDefnodes. - abstract def classInfoType(parents: List[Universe.Type], decls: Universe.Scope, typeSymbol: Universe.Symbol): Universe.ClassInfoType
A creator for
ClassInfoTypetypes. - abstract def constantType(value: Universe.Constant): Universe.ConstantType
A creator for
ConstantTypetypes. - abstract def createImporter(from0: Universe): Universe.Importer { val from: from0.type }
Creates an importer that moves reflection artifacts between universes.
Creates an importer that moves reflection artifacts between universes.
- See also
- abstract def deSkolemize(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Universe.Symbol
If this symbol is a skolem, its corresponding type parameter, otherwise the symbol itself.
If this symbol is a skolem, its corresponding type parameter, otherwise the symbol itself.
To quote Martin Odersky, skolems are synthetic type "constants" that are copies of existentially bound or universally bound type variables. E.g. if one is inside the right-hand side of a method:
def foo[T](x: T) = ... foo[List[T]]....
the skolem named
Trefers to the unknown type instance ofTwhenfoois called. It needs to be different from the type parameter because in a recursive call as in thefoo[List[T]]above the type parameter gets substituted withList[T], but the type skolem stays what it is.The other form of skolem is an existential skolem. Say one has a function
def bar(xs: List[T] forSome { type T }) = xs.head
then each occurrence of
xson the right will have typeList[T']whereT'is a fresh copy ofT. - abstract val decorators: Decorators
- See also
- abstract def defDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, rhs: (List[List[Universe.Symbol]]) => Universe.Tree): Universe.DefDef
A factory method for
DefDefnodes. - abstract def defDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.DefDef
A factory method for
DefDefnodes. - abstract def defDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, mods: Universe.Modifiers, rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.DefDef
A factory method for
DefDefnodes. - abstract def defDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, vparamss: List[List[Universe.ValDef]], rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.DefDef
A factory method for
DefDefnodes. - abstract def defDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, mods: Universe.Modifiers, vparamss: List[List[Universe.ValDef]], rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.DefDef
A factory method for
DefDefnodes. - abstract def existentialAbstraction(tparams: List[Universe.Symbol], tpe0: Universe.Type): Universe.Type
A creator for existential types.
A creator for existential types. This generates:
tpe1 where { tparams }where
tpe1is the result of extrapolatingtpewith regard totparams. Extrapolating means that type variables intparamsoccurring in covariant positions are replaced by upper bounds, (minus any SingletonClass markers), type variables intparamsoccurring in contravariant positions are replaced by upper bounds, provided the resulting type is legal with regard to stability, and does not contain any type variable intparams.The abstraction drops all type parameters that are not directly or indirectly referenced by type
tpe1. If there are no remaining type parameters, simply returns result typetpe. - abstract def existentialType(quantified: List[Universe.Symbol], underlying: Universe.Type): Universe.ExistentialType
A creator for
ExistentialTypetypes. - abstract def flags(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Universe.FlagSet
Returns internal flags associated with the symbol.
- abstract def freeTerms(tree: Universe.Tree): List[Universe.FreeTermSymbol]
Extracts free term symbols from a tree that is reified or contains reified subtrees.
- abstract def freeTypes(tree: Universe.Tree): List[Universe.FreeTypeSymbol]
Extracts free type symbols from a tree that is reified or contains reified subtrees.
- abstract def fullyInitialize(scope: Universe.Scope): scope.type
Calls initialize on all the symbols that the scope consists of.
- abstract def fullyInitialize(tp: Universe.Type): tp.type
Calls initialize on all the value and type parameters of the type.
- abstract def fullyInitialize(symbol: Universe.Symbol): symbol.type
Calls initialize on the owner and all the value and type parameters of the symbol.
- abstract def initialize(symbol: Universe.Symbol): symbol.type
Forces all outstanding completers associated with this symbol.
Forces all outstanding completers associated with this symbol. After this call returns, the symbol becomes immutable and thread-safe.
- abstract def intersectionType(tps: List[Universe.Type], owner: Universe.Symbol): Universe.Type
A creator for intersection type where intersections of a single type are replaced by the type itself, and repeated parent classes are merged.
A creator for intersection type where intersections of a single type are replaced by the type itself, and repeated parent classes are merged.
!!! Repeated parent classes are not merged - is this a bug in the comment or in the code?
- abstract def intersectionType(tps: List[Universe.Type]): Universe.Type
A creator for intersection type where intersections of a single type are replaced by the type itself.
- abstract def isErroneous(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Boolean
Does this symbol or its underlying type represent a typechecking error?
- abstract def isFreeTerm(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Boolean
Does this symbol represent a free term captured by reification? If yes,
isTermis also guaranteed to be true. - abstract def isFreeType(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Boolean
Does this symbol represent a free type captured by reification? If yes,
isTypeis also guaranteed to be true. - abstract def isSkolem(symbol: Universe.Symbol): Boolean
Does this symbol represent the definition of a skolem? Skolems are used during typechecking to represent type parameters viewed from inside their scopes.
- abstract def labelDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, params: List[Universe.Symbol], rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.LabelDef
A factory method for
LabelDefnodes. - abstract def methodType(params: List[Universe.Symbol], resultType: Universe.Type): Universe.MethodType
A creator for
MethodTypetypes. - abstract def moduleDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, impl: Universe.Template): Universe.ModuleDef
A factory method for
ModuleDefnodes. - abstract def newClassSymbol(owner: Universe.Symbol, name: Universe.TypeName, pos: Universe.Position = NoPosition, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags): Universe.ClassSymbol
- abstract def newFreeTerm(name: String, value: => Any, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags, origin: String = null): Universe.FreeTermSymbol
- abstract def newFreeType(name: String, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags, origin: String = null): Universe.FreeTypeSymbol
- abstract def newMethodSymbol(owner: Universe.Symbol, name: Universe.TermName, pos: Universe.Position = NoPosition, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags): Universe.MethodSymbol
- abstract def newModuleAndClassSymbol(owner: Universe.Symbol, name: Universe.Name, pos: Universe.Position = NoPosition, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags): (Universe.ModuleSymbol, Universe.ClassSymbol)
- abstract def newScopeWith(elems: Universe.Symbol*): Universe.Scope
Create a new scope with the given initial elements.
- abstract def newTermSymbol(owner: Universe.Symbol, name: Universe.TermName, pos: Universe.Position = NoPosition, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags): Universe.TermSymbol
- abstract def newTypeSymbol(owner: Universe.Symbol, name: Universe.TypeName, pos: Universe.Position = NoPosition, flags: Universe.FlagSet = NoFlags): Universe.TypeSymbol
- abstract def nullaryMethodType(resultType: Universe.Type): Universe.NullaryMethodType
A creator for
NullaryMethodTypetypes. - abstract def polyType(tparams: List[Universe.Symbol], tpe: Universe.Type): Universe.PolyType
A creator for type parameterizations that strips empty type parameter lists.
A creator for type parameterizations that strips empty type parameter lists. Use this factory method to indicate the type has kind * (it's a polymorphic value) until we start tracking explicit kinds equivalent to typeFun (except that the latter requires tparams nonEmpty).
- abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Universe.Type], owner: Universe.Symbol, decls: Universe.Scope, pos: Universe.Position): Universe.Type
A creator for
RefinedTypetypes. - abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Universe.Type], owner: Universe.Symbol, decls: Universe.Scope): Universe.Type
A creator for
RefinedTypetypes. - abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Universe.Type], owner: Universe.Symbol): Universe.Type
A creator for
RefinedTypetypes. - abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Universe.Type], decls: Universe.Scope, clazz: Universe.Symbol): Universe.RefinedType
A creator for
RefinedTypetypes. - abstract def refinedType(parents: List[Universe.Type], decls: Universe.Scope): Universe.RefinedType
A creator for
RefinedTypetypes. - abstract val reificationSupport: Universe.ReificationSupportApi
This is an internal implementation module.
- abstract def singleType(pre: Universe.Type, sym: Universe.Symbol): Universe.Type
A creator for
SingleTypetypes. - abstract def substituteSymbols(tree: Universe.Tree, from: List[Universe.Symbol], to: List[Universe.Symbol]): Universe.Tree
Substitute symbols in
tofor corresponding occurrences of references to symbolsfromin this type. - abstract def substituteThis(tree: Universe.Tree, clazz: Universe.Symbol, to: => Universe.Tree): Universe.Tree
Substitute given tree
tofor occurrences of nodes that representC.this, whereCrefers to the given classclazz. - abstract def substituteTypes(tree: Universe.Tree, from: List[Universe.Symbol], to: List[Universe.Type]): Universe.Tree
Substitute types in
tofor corresponding occurrences of references to symbolsfromin this tree. - abstract def superType(thistpe: Universe.Type, supertpe: Universe.Type): Universe.Type
A creator for
SuperTypetypes. - abstract def thisType(sym: Universe.Symbol): Universe.Type
A creator for
ThisTypetypes. - abstract def typeBounds(lo: Universe.Type, hi: Universe.Type): Universe.TypeBounds
A creator for
TypeBoundstypes. - abstract def typeDef(sym: Universe.Symbol): Universe.TypeDef
A factory method for
TypeDefnodes. - abstract def typeDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.TypeDef
A factory method for
TypeDefnodes. - abstract def typeRef(pre: Universe.Type, sym: Universe.Symbol, args: List[Universe.Type]): Universe.Type
A creator for
TypeReftypes. - abstract def valDef(sym: Universe.Symbol): Universe.ValDef
A factory method for
ValDefnodes. - abstract def valDef(sym: Universe.Symbol, rhs: Universe.Tree): Universe.ValDef
A factory method for
ValDefnodes.
Concrete Value Members
- final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean
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- AnyRef → Any
- final def ##: Int
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- AnyRef → Any
- def +(other: String): String
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toany2stringadd[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
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- any2stringadd
- def ->[B](y: B): (Universe.InternalApi, B)
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toArrowAssoc[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
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- ArrowAssoc
- Annotations
- @inline()
- final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean
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- AnyRef → Any
- final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0
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- Any
- def clone(): AnyRef
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- protected[lang]
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- AnyRef
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- @throws(classOf[java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException]) @native()
- def ensuring(cond: (Universe.InternalApi) => Boolean, msg: => Any): Universe.InternalApi
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toEnsuring[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
- Definition Classes
- Ensuring
- def ensuring(cond: (Universe.InternalApi) => Boolean): Universe.InternalApi
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toEnsuring[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
- Definition Classes
- Ensuring
- def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: => Any): Universe.InternalApi
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toEnsuring[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
- Definition Classes
- Ensuring
- def ensuring(cond: Boolean): Universe.InternalApi
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toEnsuring[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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- Ensuring
- final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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- AnyRef
- def equals(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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- AnyRef → Any
- def finalize(): Unit
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- protected[lang]
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- @throws(classOf[java.lang.Throwable])
- final def getClass(): Class[_ <: AnyRef]
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- AnyRef → Any
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- @native()
- def hashCode(): Int
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- AnyRef → Any
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- @native()
- final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean
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- Any
- def manifestToTypeTag[T](mirror: Any, manifest: Manifest[T]): Universe.TypeTag[T]
Convert a scala.reflect.Manifest to a scala.reflect.api.TypeTags#TypeTag.
Convert a scala.reflect.Manifest to a scala.reflect.api.TypeTags#TypeTag.
Compiler usually generates these conversions automatically, when a manifest for a type
Tis in scope, and an implicit of typeTypeTag[T]is requested, but this method can also be called manually. For example:manifestToTypeTag(scala.reflect.runtime.currentMirror, implicitly[Manifest[String]])
- def markForAsyncTransform(owner: Universe.Symbol, method: Universe.DefDef, awaitSymbol: Universe.Symbol, config: Map[String, AnyRef]): Universe.DefDef
Mark the given
DefDeffor later processing by theasyncphase of the compilerMark the given
DefDeffor later processing by theasyncphase of the compiler- owner
current owner the owner of the call site being transformed into an async state machine
- method
A method of the form
def $name($paramName: $ParamType): $T = $CODE, where calls to$CODEawaitSymbolin$CODEmark continuation points.- awaitSymbol
The
awaitmethod, of a typically of a type like[T](Future[T): T- config
Untyped channel for additional configuration parameters. This currently allows
- "postAnfTransform" : A function from
Block => Block - "stateDiagram" : A function from
(Symbol, Tree) => Option[String => Unit]that can opt to receive a .dot diagram of the state machine.
- "postAnfTransform" : A function from
- final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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- AnyRef
- final def notify(): Unit
- Definition Classes
- AnyRef
- Annotations
- @native()
- final def notifyAll(): Unit
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- AnyRef
- Annotations
- @native()
- final def synchronized[T0](arg0: => T0): T0
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- AnyRef
- def toString(): String
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- AnyRef → Any
- def typeTagToManifest[T](mirror: Any, tag: Universe.TypeTag[T])(implicit arg0: ClassTag[T]): Manifest[T]
Convert a scala.reflect.api.TypeTags#TypeTag to a scala.reflect.Manifest.
Convert a scala.reflect.api.TypeTags#TypeTag to a scala.reflect.Manifest.
Compiler usually generates these conversions automatically, when a type tag for a type
Tis in scope, and an implicit of typeManifest[T]is requested, but this method can also be called manually. For example:typeTagToManifest(scala.reflect.runtime.currentMirror, implicitly[TypeTag[String]])
- final def wait(): Unit
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- AnyRef
- Annotations
- @throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException])
- final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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- AnyRef
- Annotations
- @throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException])
- final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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- Annotations
- @throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException]) @native()
Deprecated Value Members
- def formatted(fmtstr: String): String
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toStringFormat[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method StringFormat in scala.Predef.
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- StringFormat
- Annotations
- @deprecated @inline()
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.12.16) Use
formatString.format(value)instead ofvalue.formatted(formatString), or use thef""string interpolator. In Java 15 and later,formattedresolves to the new method in String which has reversed parameters.
- def →[B](y: B): (Universe.InternalApi, B)
- Implicit
- This member is added by an implicit conversion from Universe.InternalApi toArrowAssoc[Universe.InternalApi] performed by method ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
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- ArrowAssoc
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- @deprecated
- Deprecated
(Since version 2.13.0) Use
->instead. If you still wish to display it as one character, consider using a font with programming ligatures such as Fira Code.