EXPERIMENTAL
Utilities for nicely printing scala.reflect.api.Trees and scala.reflect.api.Types.
Printing TreesThe method show
displays the "prettified" representation of reflection artifacts. This representation provides one with the desugared Java representation of Scala code. For example:
scala> import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ scala> def tree = reify{ final class C { def x = 2 } }.tree tree: reflect.runtime.universe.Tree scala> show(tree) res0: String = { final class C extends AnyRef { def <init>() = { super.<init>(); () }; def x = 2 }; () }
The method showRaw
displays internal structure of a given reflection object as a Scala abstract syntax tree (AST), the representation that the Scala typechecker operates on.
Note, that while this representation appears to generate correct trees that one might think would be possible to use in a macro implementation, this is not usually the case. Symbols aren't fully represented (only their names are). Thus, this method is best-suited for use simply inspecting ASTs given some valid Scala code.
scala> showRaw(tree) res1: String = Block(List( ClassDef(Modifiers(FINAL), TypeName("C"), List(), Template( List(Ident(TypeName("AnyRef"))), noSelfType, List( DefDef(Modifiers(), nme.CONSTRUCTOR, List(), List(List()), TypeTree(), Block(List( Apply(Select(Super(This(tpnme.EMPTY), tpnme.EMPTY), nme.CONSTRUCTOR), List())), Literal(Constant(())))), DefDef(Modifiers(), TermName("x"), List(), List(), TypeTree(), Literal(Constant(2))))))), Literal(Constant(())))
The method showRaw
can also print scala.reflect.api.Types next to the artifacts being inspected
scala> import scala.tools.reflect.ToolBox // requires scala-compiler.jar import scala.tools.reflect.ToolBox scala> import scala.reflect.runtime.{currentMirror => cm} import scala.reflect.runtime.{currentMirror=>cm} scala> showRaw(cm.mkToolBox().typecheck(tree), printTypes = true) res2: String = Block[1](List( ClassDef[2](Modifiers(FINAL), TypeName("C"), List(), Template[3]( List(Ident[4](TypeName("AnyRef"))), noSelfType, List( DefDef[2](Modifiers(), nme.CONSTRUCTOR, List(), List(List()), TypeTree[3](), Block[1](List( Apply[4](Select[5](Super[6](This[3](TypeName("C")), tpnme.EMPTY), ...))), Literal[1](Constant(())))), DefDef[2](Modifiers(), TermName("x"), List(), List(), TypeTree[7](), Literal[8](Constant(2))))))), Literal[1](Constant(()))) [1] TypeRef(ThisType(scala), scala.Unit, List()) [2] NoType [3] TypeRef(NoPrefix, TypeName("C"), List()) [4] TypeRef(ThisType(java.lang), java.lang.Object, List()) [5] MethodType(List(), TypeRef(ThisType(java.lang), java.lang.Object, List())) [6] SuperType(ThisType(TypeName("C")), TypeRef(... java.lang.Object ...)) [7] TypeRef(ThisType(scala), scala.Int, List()) [8] ConstantType(Constant(2))Printing Types
The method show
scala> import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ scala> def tpe = typeOf[{ def x: Int; val y: List[Int] }] tpe: reflect.runtime.universe.Type scala> show(tpe) res0: String = scala.AnyRef{def x: Int; val y: scala.List[Int]}
Like the method showRaw
for scala.reflect.api.Trees, showRaw
for scala.reflect.api.Types provides a visualization of the Scala AST operated on by the Scala typechecker.
// showRaw has already been discussed above scala> showRaw(tpe) res1: String = RefinedType( List(TypeRef(ThisType(scala), TypeName("AnyRef"), List())), Scope( TermName("x"), TermName("y")))
printIds
and/or printKinds
can additionally be supplied as arguments in a call to showRaw
which additionally shows the unique identifiers of symbols.
scala> showRaw(tpe, printIds = true, printKinds = true) res2: String = RefinedType( List(TypeRef(ThisType(scala#2043#PK), TypeName("AnyRef")#691#TPE, List())), Scope( TermName("x")#2540#METH, TermName("y")#2541#GET))
For more details about Printer
s and other aspects of Scala reflection, see the Reflection Guide
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