Question

Hi working on an Android SMS application in scala alls going fine expect I just cant find the way to write the following java code in scala. Any help appreciated

//---retrieve the SMS message received---
    Object[] pdus = (Object[]) bundle.get("pdus");  
    msgs = new SmsMessage[pdus.length];             
        for (int i=0; i<msgs.length; i++){  
            msgs[i] = SmsMessage.createFromPdu((byte[])pdus[i]);   

I must admit I dont know how to write Object[] in scala its not java.util.ArrayList[java.lang.Object]
I have tried using the Bundle.getStringArrayList to get a List[String] and the do a getBytes on the strings but that not working …
My last attempt was:

//I know I should be using an Option ...  
def getSmsListFromIntent(intent:Intent):List[SmsMessage]= {  
    val bundle = intent.getExtras()  
    var ret:List[SmsMessage]= null  
    if (bundle != null)   
        ret= for { pdu <- bundle.getStringArrayList("pdus").toList } yield  
SmsMessage.createFromPdu( pdu.getBytes())
    else ret= List()  
    ret  

java code comes from: http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/sms-messaging-android
Thanks for any help

Answer 1

The following answers the question in the title and may not be the best way to approach the problem. Take it for what it’s worth.

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The literal translation of a cast in Scala is asInstanceOf:

var x: Object = Array("foo", "bar");
var y = x.asInstanceOf[Array[Object]];    
>> x: java.lang.Object = Array(foo, bar)
>> y: Array[java.lang.Object] = Array(foo, bar)

However, as a fun exercise, why does this result in a ClassCastException?

var x: Object = Array(1, 2);
var y = x.asInstanceOf[Array[Object]];    

Happy coding