How to do Scala Conversions between Java and Scala collections

Scala and Java both have a large amount of collections libraries. While there are several similarities between Scala and Java libraries, they also have several differences. The major difference between the two is the fact that Scala libraries place more emphasis on immutable collections.

For many programmers, once they become associated and fluent in Scala methods such as foreach, map, iterators, and sets, they may want to treat Java collections as Scala collections. There are a few ways for a programmer to convert from one collection framework to another. The best way to do this is to use the methods of the JavaConversions object.

object Main extends App {
  // import relevant libraries
  import collection.JavaConverters._
  import collection.mutable._
  // method 1
  println("Method 1: ")
  val jList = java.util.Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3)
  println(jList)
  // using asScalaBuffer method
  val sBuffer = asScalaBuffer(jList)
  // Now since we have a scala buffer, we can use foreach
  // if you use foreach with Java oject, it will raise error
  sBuffer.foreach(println)
  println("Method 2: ")
  // method 2
  // Initalise Java Array
  val jul = ArrayBuffer(1, 2, 3).asJava
  // using .asScala method
  val buf = jul.asScala
  println(jul)
  buf.foreach(println)
}

Java	Scala
Iterator	java.util.Iterator java.util.Enumeration
Iterable	java.util.Enumeration java.util.Collection
mutable.Buffer mutable.Set mutable.Map mutable.ConcurrentMap	java.util.List java.util.Set java.util.Map java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap

How to do Scala Conversions between Java and Scala collections

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