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Asked: May 24, 20262026-05-24T18:27:07+00:00 2026-05-24T18:27:07+00:00

I am using scala.Serializable, but when i invoke String.asInstanceOf[Serializable], class cast exception is thrown.

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I am using scala.Serializable, but when i invoke String.asInstanceOf[Serializable], class cast exception is thrown. Here is my code, pretty simple.

arguments.map(_.asInstanceOf[Serializable])

Yes, arguments is array of string of course

I am run the application with scala-ide for eclipse with eclipse 3.7 and scala 2.9.0-1

looking into this documentation scala doc

The Problem now is “what is the typical use case of scala.Serializable”

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    2026-05-24T18:27:08+00:00Added an answer on May 24, 2026 at 6:27 pm

    That’s because java.lang.String does not implement scala.Serializable. There are no dependencies from Java to Scala.

    I think you’ll find you don’t need any cast, as java.lang.String does implement java.io.Serializable, but perhaps the context you omitted would make that clear.

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