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Scala 3 - Enums

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According to 86% of developers surveyed by Scala, the most “exciting” Scala 3 development is the introduction of enums. Incredibly basic conceptually, enums allow developers to group related, constant values.


Armed with native enums, developers no longer have to rely on extending classes to create an enumeration before it can be imported into their application. Instead, the enum can be built directly into code – far simpler and more elegant from a code perspective.
EXAMPLE:

A basic pizza store application would look like this in Scala 2:

// scala 2.x

sealed trait Topping

caseobject Cheese extends Topping

caseobject Pepperoni extends Topping

caseobject Sausage extends Topping

caseobject Mushrooms extends Topping

caseobject Onions extends Topping

sealed trait CrustSize

caseobject SmallCrustSize extends CrustSize

caseobject MediumCrustSize extends CrustSize

caseobject LargeCrustSize extends CrustSize

sealed trait CrustType

case object RegularCrustType extends CrustType

case object ThinCrustType extends CrustType

case object ThickCrustType extends CrustType

Using Scala 3 and enums, the code is far simpler to write and understand:

// scala 3

enum CrustSize: {

case Small, Medium, Large
}

enum CrustType: {

case Thin, Thick, Regular

​}

enum Topping: {

case Cheese, Pepperoni, Olives

​}

(Code sample courtesy of Alvin Alexander)

This is a small section of Signify paper; Scala 3 - what to expect.

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