Error

overriding value connection in trait Rql of type com.scalaRethinkdb.Connection;
  value connection has incompatible type
    val connection = connect _

Network.scala

trait Rql {
  val connection: Connection
  
  def get(db:String, table: String): String = {
    // Table example
    val query = Json.array(
      jNumber(1), Json.array(
        jNumber(15), Json.array(
          jString(table)
        )
      ),
      Json.obj(
        "db" -> Json.array(
          jNumber(14), Json.array(
            jString(db)
          )
        )
      )
    )

    connection.run(query)
  }
}

object R extends Rql {
    val DEFAULT_HOST = "localhost"
    val DEFAULT_PORT_DRIVER = 28015
    val connection = connect _

    def connect(host: String = DEFAULT_HOST, port: Int = DEFAULT_PORT_DRIVER, db: String = null, auth: String = null): Connection = {
        val address = new InetSocketAddress(host, port)
        val dbName = getOption[String](db)
        val authKey = getOption[String](auth)

        Connection(address, dbName, authKey)
    }
}

case class Connection(address: InetSocketAddress, dbName: Option[String], authKey: Option[String]) {
  private var socket: Socket = _
  private var in: InputStream = _
  private var out: OutputStream = _

  private val token: AtomicInteger = new AtomicInteger()
  def nextToken = token.incrementAndGet

  reconnect()

  def reconnect(): this.type = {
    if (isOpen) close()

    Try(new Socket(address.getAddress, address.getPort)) match {
      case Success(sock) => {
        socket = new Socket(address.getAddress, address.getPort)
        socket.setKeepAlive(true)
        socket.setTcpNoDelay(true)

        in  = socket.getInputStream()
        out = socket.getOutputStream()

        handshake()
      }
      case _ => {
        val message = "Could not connect to %s.".format(address)
        throw new RethinkDbConnectionError(message)
      }
    }

    def handshake() {
      val version = Wire.to(VersionDummy.V0_3)
      val protocol = Wire.to(VersionDummy.JSON)
      val auth = authKey match {
        case None => ""
        case Some(str) => str
      }
      val authLength = authKey match {
        case None => 0
        case Some(str) => str.length
      }
      val message = pack(version) ++ pack(authLength) ++ auth.getBytes ++ pack(protocol)

      out.write(message)
      out.flush()

      val response = recvNullTerminatedString()

      if ("SUCCESS" != new String(response, "US-ASCII")) {
        throw new RethinkDbConnectionError("Error establishing driver handshake")
      }
    }

    this
  }
  
    def close(): Unit = {
    if (!isOpen) println("Connection is closed.")

    in.close()
    out.close()
    socket.close()
  }

  // TODO: This is not how this should actually be, just using for testing purposes
  def run(query: argonaut.Json): String = {
    val token = nextToken
    val queryLength = query.toString.length
    val message = pack(token, 8) ++ pack(queryLength) ++ query.toString.getBytes

    out.write(message)
    out.flush()

    val resToken = recvAll(8)
    val resLength = recvAll(4)
    val resMessage = recvAll(unpack(resLength))

    new String(resMessage, "US-ASCII")
  }

  def isOpen: Boolean = {
    socket != null && !socket.isClosed && socket.isConnected
  }

  private def recvAll(length: Int): Array[Byte] = {
    Stream.continually(in.read())
      .take(length)
      .map(_.toByte)
      .toArray
  }

  private def recvNullTerminatedString(): Array[Byte] = {
    Stream.continually(in.read())
      .takeWhile(_ != 0)
      .map(_.toByte)
      .toArray
  }
}