Question

I have a case class which takes a list of functions:

case class A(q:Double, r:Double, s:Double, l:List[(Double)=>Double])

I have over 20 functions defined. Some of these functions have their own parameters, and some of them also use the q, r, and s values from the case class. Two examples are:

def f1(w:Double) = (d:Double) => math.sin(d) * w
def f2(w:Double, q:Double) = (d:Double) => d * q * w

The problem is that I then need to reference q, r, and s twice when instantiating the case class:

A(0.5, 1.0, 2.0, List(f1(3.0), f2(4.0, 0.5))) //0.5 is referenced twice

I would like to be able to instantiate the class like this:

A(0.5, 1.0, 2.0, List(f1(3.0), f2(4.0))) //f2 already knows about q!

What is the best technique to accomplish this? Can I define my functions in a trait that the case class extends?

EDIT: The real world application has 7 members, not 3. Only a small number of the functions need access to the members. Most of the functions don’t care about them.

Answer 1

There’s the obvious val declaration:

val a = 0.5
A(a, 1.0, 2.0, List(f1(3.0), f2(4.0, a)))

Otherwise, f2 needs a reference to A’s this, which it will have if it’s a member of class A or that particular instance of A. Part of the problem is that the functions are fully baked before the instance of A is instantiated. So you have to define f2, as opposed to simply instantiate it, in the context of A.

Finally, you could make the functions partial functions. The first group of params will be as they are, but a second group will be added that is of type A.