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Difference between "case class" and "class" in Scala
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/** | |
* Case classes define a factory method for creating instances: | |
* - lines 24-25 don't have the "new" keyword. | |
* | |
* Case classes generate implementations of toString, hashCode and quals: | |
* - see output in lines 24-27 | |
* | |
* Much more differences, like immutability and generation of companion object. | |
* | |
* Note that in order to run the snippet below, use "scala" directly, don't attempt to compile with "scalac". | |
*/ | |
// case class | |
case class StudentCase(name: String, age: Int) | |
// class | |
class Student(name: String, age: Int) | |
var student1 = new Student("test", 10) | |
var student2 = new Student("test", 10) | |
// hash codes are different | |
println(student1.hashCode) | |
println(student2.hashCode) | |
// so result is false | |
println(student1 == student2) | |
var studentCase1 = StudentCase("test", 10) | |
var studentCase2 = StudentCase("test", 10) | |
// hash codes are the same | |
println(studentCase1.hashCode) | |
println(studentCase2.hashCode) | |
// so result is true | |
println(studentCase1 == studentCase2) |
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