Scala Symbol class

By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: October 8, 2012

URL

http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/scala/Symbol.html

A very quick look at the Scala Symbol class:

scala> val x = "foo"
x: java.lang.String = foo

scala> 'x
res0: Symbol = 'x

scala> println('x)
'x

Symbol instances are used a lot in the Play Framework.

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