BasicTypesHelpers

Companion trait BasicTypesHelpers

object BasicTypesHelpers extends BasicTypesHelpers with StringHelpers with ControlHelpers

This object adds functionality to Scala standard types.

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implicit class Boolean2 extends AnyRef
This decorator class adds a ternary operator to a Boolean value
This decorator class adds a ternary operator to a Boolean value
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implicit class OptionExtension[T] extends AnyRef
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implicit final class OptionalCons extends AnyRef
Optional cons that implements the expression: expr ?> value ::: List
Optional cons that implements the expression: expr ?> value ::: List
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implicit final class PartialFunctionWrapper[A] extends AnyRef
A helper class that facilitates wrapping of one PartialFunction around another
A helper class that facilitates wrapping of one PartialFunction around another
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implicit class TryExtension[T] extends AnyRef
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final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean
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AnyRef → Any
final def ##: Int
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AnyRef → Any
final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean
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AnyRef → Any
def ^[T](i: T*): List[T]
This operator transforms its arguments into a List
This operator transforms its arguments into a List
returns
the list of arguments passed as varargs
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ClassHelpers
def asBoolean(in: String): Box[Boolean]
A helper that will convert the String to a Boolean if it's t, true, yes, 1, f, false, no, or 0
A helper that will convert the String to a Boolean if it's t, true, yes, 1, f, false, no, or 0
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BasicTypesHelpers
def asDouble(in: String): Box[Double]
Safely convert the specified String to a Double.
Safely convert the specified String to a Double.
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BasicTypesHelpers
final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0
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Any
def asInt(in: String): Box[Int]
Safely convert the specified String to an Int.
Safely convert the specified String to an Int.
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BasicTypesHelpers
def asLong(in: Any): Box[Long]
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Long depending on its value
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Long depending on its value
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BasicTypesHelpers
def asLong(in: String): Box[Long]
Safely convert the specified String to a Long.
Safely convert the specified String to a Long.
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BasicTypesHelpers
def blankForNull(s: String): String
Test for null and return either the given String if not null or the blank String.
Test for null and return either the given String if not null or the blank String.
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StringHelpers
def callableMethod_?(meth: Method): Boolean
returns
true if the method is public and has no parameters
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ClassHelpers
def camelify(name: String): String
Turns a string of format "foo_bar" into camel case "FooBar"
Turns a string of format "foo_bar" into camel case "FooBar"
Functional code courtesy of Jamie Webb (j@jmawebb.cjb.net) 2006/11/28
name
the String to CamelCase
returns
the CamelCased string
Definition Classes
StringHelpers
def camelifyMethod(name: String): String
Turn a string of format "foo_bar" into camel case with the first letter in lower case: "fooBar" This function is especially used to camelCase method names.
Turn a string of format "foo_bar" into camel case with the first letter in lower case: "fooBar" This function is especially used to camelCase method names.
name
the String to CamelCase
returns
the CamelCased string
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StringHelpers
def capify(in: String): String
Capitalize every "word" in the string.
Capitalize every "word" in the string. A word is either separated by spaces or underscores.
in
string to capify
returns
the capified string
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StringHelpers
def charSplit(what: String, sep: Char): List[String]
Faster than roboSplit...
Faster than roboSplit... this method splits Strings at a given character
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StringHelpers
def classHasControllerMethod(clz: Class[_], name: String): Boolean
Check that the method 'name' is callable for class 'clz'
Check that the method 'name' is callable for class 'clz'
clz
the class supposed to own the method
name
name of the method to test
returns
true if the method exists on the class and is callable
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ClassHelpers
def classHierarchy(in: Class[_]): List[Class[_]]
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ClassHelpers
def clean(in: String): String
Remove all the characters from a string exception a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and '_'
Remove all the characters from a string exception a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and '_'
returns
the cleaned string and an empty string if the input is null
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StringHelpers
def clone(): AnyRef
Attributes
protected[lang]
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AnyRef
Annotations
@throws(classOf[java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException]) @native()
def commafy(what: String): String
Add commas before the last 3 characters
Add commas before the last 3 characters
returns
the string with commas
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StringHelpers
def compareElem(left: Elem, right: Elem): Boolean
Compare two Elems
Compare two Elems
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BasicTypesHelpers
def compareMetaData(left: List[MetaData], right: List[MetaData]): Boolean
Compare the metadata of two attributes
Compare the metadata of two attributes
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BasicTypesHelpers
def compareNode(left: Node, right: Node): Boolean
Comparse two XML nodes
Comparse two XML nodes
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BasicTypesHelpers
def compareXml(left: NodeSeq, right: NodeSeq): Boolean
Compare two NodeSeq and return true if they are equal, even if attribute order of Elems is different
Compare two NodeSeq and return true if they are equal, even if attribute order of Elems is different
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BasicTypesHelpers
def containsClass[C](clz: Class[C], toMatch: List[Class[_]]): Boolean
Is the clz an instance of (assignable from) any of the classes in the list
Is the clz an instance of (assignable from) any of the classes in the list
clz
the class to test
toMatch
the list of classes to match against
returns
true if clz is assignable from any of the matching classes
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ClassHelpers
def createInvoker[C <: AnyRef](name: String, on: C): Box[() => Box[Any]]
Create a function (the 'invoker') which will trigger any public, parameterless method That function will throw the cause exception if the method can't be invoked
Create a function (the 'invoker') which will trigger any public, parameterless method That function will throw the cause exception if the method can't be invoked
on
instance whose method must be invoked
returns
Empty if instance is null or Full(invoker)
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ClassHelpers
def emptyForBlank(s: String): Box[String]
Turn a String into a Box[String], with Empty for the blank string.
Turn a String into a Box[String], with Empty for the blank string.
A string containing only spaces is considered blank.
returns
Full(s.trim) if s is not null or blank, Empty otherwise
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StringHelpers
def encJs(what: String): String
Encode the string to be including in JavaScript, replacing '\' or '\\' or non-ASCII characters by their unicode value
Encode the string to be including in JavaScript, replacing '\' or '\\' or non-ASCII characters by their unicode value
returns
the encoded string inserted into quotes
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StringHelpers
final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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AnyRef
def equals(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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AnyRef → Any
def escChar(in: Char): String
Create the unicode value of a character
Create the unicode value of a character
in
character
returns
the unicode value as a string starting by \\u
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StringHelpers
def finalize(): Unit
Attributes
protected[lang]
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AnyRef
Annotations
@throws(classOf[java.lang.Throwable])
def findClass(where: List[(String, List[String])]): Box[Class[AnyRef]]
Find a class given a list of possible names and corresponding packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary
Find a class given a list of possible names and corresponding packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
Definition Classes
ClassHelpers
def findClass(name: String, where: List[String]): Box[Class[AnyRef]]
Find a class given its name and a list of packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary.
Find a class given its name and a list of packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary.
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
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ClassHelpers
def findClass[C <: AnyRef](name: String, where: List[String], targetType: Class[C]): Box[Class[C]]
Find a class given its name and a list of packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary.
Find a class given its name and a list of packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary.
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
Definition Classes
ClassHelpers
def findClass(name: String, where: List[String], modifiers: List[(String) => String]): Box[Class[AnyRef]]
General method to in find a class according to its name, a list of possible packages and a list of functions modifying the given name create a target name to look for (e.g: 'name' is hello_world and the target name may be 'HelloWorld').
General method to in find a class according to its name, a list of possible packages and a list of functions modifying the given name create a target name to look for (e.g: 'name' is hello_world and the target name may be 'HelloWorld').
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
Definition Classes
ClassHelpers
def findClass[C <: AnyRef](name: String, where: List[String], modifiers: List[(String) => String], targetType: Class[C]): Box[Class[C]]
General method to in find a class according to its name, a list of possible packages, a list of functions modifying the given name create a target name to look for (e.g: 'name' is hello_world and the target name may be 'HelloWorld').
General method to in find a class according to its name, a list of possible packages, a list of functions modifying the given name create a target name to look for (e.g: 'name' is hello_world and the target name may be 'HelloWorld').
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
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ClassHelpers
def findType[C <: AnyRef](where: List[(String, List[String])])(implicit m: Manifest[C]): Box[Class[C]]
Find a class given its type, a list of possible names and corresponding packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary
Find a class given its type, a list of possible names and corresponding packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
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ClassHelpers
def findType[C <: AnyRef](name: String, where: List[String])(implicit m: Manifest[C]): Box[Class[C]]
Find a class given its type, its name and a list of packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary.
Find a class given its type, its name and a list of packages, turning underscored names to CamelCase if necessary.
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
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ClassHelpers
def findType[C <: AnyRef](name: String, where: List[String], modifiers: List[(String) => String])(implicit m: Manifest[C]): Box[Class[C]]
General method to in find a class according to its type, its name, a list of possible packages and a list of functions modifying the given name create a target name to look for (e.g: 'name' is hello_world and the target name may be 'HelloWorld').
General method to in find a class according to its type, its name, a list of possible packages and a list of functions modifying the given name create a target name to look for (e.g: 'name' is hello_world and the target name may be 'HelloWorld').
returns
a Box, either containing the found class or an Empty can.
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ClassHelpers
final def getClass(): Class[_ <: AnyRef]
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Annotations
@native()
def hashCode(): Int
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Annotations
@native()
def instantiate[C](clz: Class[C]): Box[C]
Create a new instance of a class
Create a new instance of a class
returns
a Full can with the instance or a Failure if the instance can't be created
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ClassHelpers
def invokeControllerMethod(clz: Class[_], meth: String): AnyRef
Invoke a controller method (parameterless, public) on a class
Invoke a controller method (parameterless, public) on a class
clz
the class owning the method
returns
the result of the method invocation or throws the root exception causing an error
Definition Classes
ClassHelpers
def invokeMethod[C](clz: Class[C], inst: AnyRef, meth: String, params: Array[AnyRef], ptypes: Array[Class[_]]): Box[Any]
Invoke the given method for the given class, with some parameters and their types Tries the method name, then the method as a CamelCased name and the method as a camelCased name The class is not instanciated if the method is static, otherwise the passed instance is used
Invoke the given method for the given class, with some parameters and their types Tries the method name, then the method as a CamelCased name and the method as a camelCased name The class is not instanciated if the method is static, otherwise the passed instance is used
clz
class whose method should be invoked
inst
instance of the class who method should be invoked, if the method is not static
meth
method to invoke
params
parameters to pass to the method
ptypes
list of types of the parameters
returns
a Box containing the value returned by the method
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ClassHelpers
def invokeMethod[C](clz: Class[C], inst: AnyRef, meth: String, params: Array[AnyRef]): Box[Any]
Invoke the given method for the given class, with some parameters.
Invoke the given method for the given class, with some parameters. Tries the method name, then the method as a CamelCased name and the method as a camelCased name The class is not instanciated if the method is static, otherwise the passed instance is used
clz
class whose method should be invoked
inst
instance of the class who method should be invoked, if the method is not static
meth
method to invoke
params
parameters to pass to the method
returns
a Box containing the value returned by the method
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ClassHelpers
def invokeMethod[C](clz: Class[C], inst: AnyRef, meth: String): Box[Any]
Invoke the given method for the given class, with no params.
Invoke the given method for the given class, with no params. The class is not instanciated if the method is static, otherwise the passed instance is used
clz
class whose method should be invoked
inst
instance of the class who method should be invoked, if the method is not static
meth
method to invoke
returns
a Box containing the value returned by the method
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ClassHelpers
def isEq(a: Array[Byte], b: Array[Byte]): Boolean
Compare two arrays of Byte for byte equality.
Compare two arrays of Byte for byte equality.
returns
true if two Byte arrays contain the same bytes
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BasicTypesHelpers
final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean
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Any
def listFromListAndString(lst: List[String], s: String): List[String]
Creates a List of Strings from a List[String] and a String
Creates a List of Strings from a List[String] and a String
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StringHelpers
def listFromStrings(s1: String, s2: String): List[String]
Creates a List of Strings from two Strings
Creates a List of Strings from two Strings
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StringHelpers
implicit def listStringToSuper(in: List[String]): SuperListString
returns
a SuperString with more available methods such as roboSplit or commafy
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StringHelpers
final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean
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AnyRef
implicit def nodeSeqToOptionString(in: NodeSeq): Box[String]
returns
an Empty can if the node seq is empty and a full can with the NodeSeq text otherwise
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StringHelpers
def notEq(a: Array[Byte], b: Array[Byte]): Boolean
Compare two arrays of Byte for byte equality.
Compare two arrays of Byte for byte equality.
returns
true if two Byte arrays don't contain the same bytes
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final def notify(): Unit
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Annotations
@native()
final def notifyAll(): Unit
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AnyRef
Annotations
@native()
def parseNumber(tin: String): Long
Parse a string and return the Long value of that string.
Parse a string and return the Long value of that string.
The string can start with '-' if it is a negative number or '+' for a positive number
returns
the Long value of the input String
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StringHelpers
def processString(msg: String, subst: Map[String, String]): String
Replaces the value found in a string surrounded by <%= ...
Replaces the value found in a string surrounded by <%= ... %> by a replacement according to the value found in the subst Map.
Throws an exception if no correspondance can be found.
msg
string where replacements should be done
subst
map of [regular expression with groups, replacement]
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StringHelpers
def randomString(size: Int): String
Create a random string of a given size.
Create a random string of a given size. 5 bits of randomness per character
size
size of the string to create. Must be a positive integer.
returns
the generated string
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StringHelpers
def roboSplit(what: String, sep: String): List[String]
Split a string according to a separator
Split a string according to a separator
sep
a regexp to use with the String::split method
returns
a list of trimmed parts whose length is > 0
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StringHelpers
def snakify(name: String): String
Turn a string of format "FooBar" into snake case "foo_bar"
Turn a string of format "FooBar" into snake case "foo_bar"
Note: snakify is not reversible, ie. in general the following will _not_ be true:
s == camelify(snakify(s))
returns
the underscored string
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StringHelpers
def splitAt(what: String, sep: String): List[(String, String)]
Split a string in 2 parts at the first place where a separator is found
Split a string in 2 parts at the first place where a separator is found
returns
a List containing a pair of the 2 trimmed parts
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StringHelpers
def splitColonPair(in: String, first: String, second: String): (String, String)
Split a string separated by a point or by a column in 2 parts.
Split a string separated by a point or by a column in 2 parts. Uses default values if only one is found or if no parts are found
in
string to split
first
default value for the first part if no split can be done
second
default value for the second part if one or less parts can be found
returns
a pair containing the first and second parts
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StringHelpers
def splitNameValuePairs(props: String): Map[String, String]
Splits a string of the form <name1=value1, name2=value2, ...
Splits a string of the form <name1=value1, name2=value2, ... > and unquotes the quoted values. The result is a Map[String, String]
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StringHelpers
implicit def stringToSuper(in: String): SuperString
returns
a SuperString with more available methods such as roboSplit or commafy
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StringHelpers
final def synchronized[T0](arg0: => T0): T0
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AnyRef
def toBoolean(in: Any): Boolean
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Boolean depending on its value
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Boolean depending on its value
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def toByteArrayInputStream(in: InputStream): ByteArrayInputStream
Convert any InputStream to a ByteArrayInputStream
Convert any InputStream to a ByteArrayInputStream
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def toInt(in: Any): Int
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Int depending on its value
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Int depending on its value
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def toLong(in: Any): Long
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Long depending on its value
Convert any object to an "equivalent" Long depending on its value
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BasicTypesHelpers
def toString(): String
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AnyRef → Any
def tryo[T](ignore: Class[_])(f: => T): Box[T]
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Tryo
def tryo[T](ignore: List[Class[_]])(f: => T): Box[T]
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Tryo
def tryo[T](onError: (Throwable) => Unit)(f: => T): Box[T]
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Tryo
def tryo[T](f: => T): Box[T]
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Tryo
def tryo[T](handler: PartialFunction[Throwable, T], f: => T): Box[T]
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Tryo
def tryo[T](ignore: List[Class[_]], onError: Box[(Throwable) => Unit])(f: => T): Box[T]
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Tryo
def unquote(str: String): String
If str is surrounded by quotes it return the content between the quotes
If str is surrounded by quotes it return the content between the quotes
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StringHelpers
final def wait(): Unit
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AnyRef
Annotations
@throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException])
final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit
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AnyRef
Annotations
@throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException])
final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit
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AnyRef
Annotations
@throws(classOf[java.lang.InterruptedException]) @native()
object AsBoolean
A helpful Boolean extractor
A helpful Boolean extractor
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BasicTypesHelpers
object AsDouble
A helpful Double extractor
A helpful Double extractor
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BasicTypesHelpers
object AsInt
A helpful Int extractor
A helpful Int extractor
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BasicTypesHelpers
object AsLong
A helpful Long extractor
A helpful Long extractor
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BasicTypesHelpers

Companion trait BasicTypesHelpers

object BasicTypesHelpers extends BasicTypesHelpers with StringHelpers with ControlHelpers

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Companion trait BasicTypesHelpers

object BasicTypesHelpers extends BasicTypesHelpers with StringHelpers with ControlHelpers

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