Scala Standard Library 2.12.18 (original) (raw)

This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.

This is the documentation for the Scala standard library.

Package structure

The scala package contains core types like Int, Float, Arrayor Option which are accessible in all Scala compilation units without explicit qualification or imports.

Notable packages include:

• scala.collection and its sub-packages contain Scala's collections framework
  • scala.collection.immutable - Immutable, sequential data-structures such asVector, List,Range, HashMap orHashSet
  • scala.collection.mutable - Mutable, sequential data-structures such asArrayBuffer,StringBuilder,HashMap or HashSet
  • scala.collection.concurrent - Mutable, concurrent data-structures such asTrieMap
  • scala.collection.parallel.immutable - Immutable, parallel data-structures such as ParVector,ParRange,ParHashMap orParHashSet
  • scala.collection.parallel.mutable - Mutable, parallel data-structures such as ParArray,ParHashMap,ParTrieMap orParHashSet
• scala.concurrent - Primitives for concurrent programming such asFutures and Promises
• scala.io - Input and output operations
• scala.math - Basic math functions and additional numeric types likeBigInt and BigDecimal
• scala.sys - Interaction with other processes and the operating system
• scala.util.matching - Regular expressions

Other packages exist. See the complete list on the right.

Additional parts of the standard library are shipped as separate libraries. These include:

• scala.reflect - Scala's reflection API (scala-reflect.jar)
• scala.xml - XML parsing, manipulation, and serialization (scala-xml.jar)
• scala.swing - A convenient wrapper around Java's GUI framework called Swing (scala-swing.jar)
• scala.util.parsing - Parser combinators (scala-parser-combinators.jar)

Automatic imports

Identifiers in the scala package and the scala.Predef object are always in scope by default.

Some of these identifiers are type aliases provided as shortcuts to commonly used classes. For example, List is an alias forscala.collection.immutable.List.

Other aliases refer to classes provided by the underlying platform. For example, on the JVM, String is an alias for java.lang.String.