In Scala, we can have parameterless methods that can be very useful for DSL purposes; they are also used to automatically determine getters for class fields.
I am developing a Java library that I would like to integrate with Scala without any problems. I was wondering if there is a way to annotate a Java method with an empty list of parameters so that Scala recognizes it as without parameters.
for instance
class Foo {
@ParameterLess
public String[] bar() { return someArray; }
}
so in Scala I can do:
val f = new Foo
f bar (0)
not having a compiler to complain about bar () with an empty argument list?
Alternatively, is there a way to define Scala-line getters and setters from Java?
Note: of course, I know that in this particular example I can get around the problem by specifying
public String bar(int i) { return someArray[i]; }