I have a case class with 2 String members. I would like to update The second member later, so first I create an instance with String and None and later I load the data to the class and would like to update the second member with some value.
How can I do it?
Define the case class so that the second member is a var:
case class Stuff(name: String, var value: Option[String])
Now you can create an instance of Stuff and modify the second value:
val s = Stuff("bashan", None)
s.value = Some("hello")
However, making case classes mutable is probably not a good idea. You should prefer working with immutable data structures. Instead of creating a mutable case class, make it immutable, and use the copy method to create a new instance with modified values. For example:
// Immutable Stuff
case class Stuff(name: String, value: Option[String])
val s1 = Stuff("bashan", None)
val s2 = s1.copy(value = Some("hello"))
// s2 is now: Stuff("bashan", Some("hello"))