scalaanorm

Scala diverging implicit expansion


I want to write an anorm.ToStatement instance for generic enumeratum.values.ValueEnumEntry[ValueType]. But seems like ValueType is not inferred correctly.

My code:

import java.sql.PreparedStatement
import anorm._
import enumeratum.values._

sealed trait Test extends IntEnumEntry
object Test extends IntEnum[Test] {
  case object One extends Test {val value = 1}
  val values = findValues
}

implicit def valueEnumEntryToStatement[ValueType: ToStatement, A <: ValueEnumEntry[ValueType]]: ToStatement[A] =
  (s: PreparedStatement, index: Int, v: A) => implicitly[ToStatement[ValueType]].set(s, index, v.value)

val toStatement: ToStatement[Test] = implicitly[ToStatement[Test]] //NOT OK: diverging implicit expansion for type anorm.ToStatement[ValueType]

It fails on diverging implicit expansion for type anorm.ToStatement[ValueType].

But if I set Int type explicitly, it works.

//either
implicit def valueEnumEntryToStatement[A <: ValueEnumEntry[Int]]: ToStatement[A] =
  (s: PreparedStatement, index: Int, v: A) => implicitly[ToStatement[Int]].set(s, index, v.value)

val toStatement: ToStatement[Test] = implicitly[ToStatement[Test]] //OK
//or
def valueEnumEntryToStatement[ValueType: ToStatement, A <: ValueEnumEntry[ValueType]]: ToStatement[A] =
  (s: PreparedStatement, index: Int, v: A) => implicitly[ToStatement[ValueType]].set(s, index, v.value)
implicit def intEnumEntryToStatement[A <: IntEnumEntry]: ToStatement[A] = valueEnumEntryToStatement[Int, A]

val toStatement: ToStatement[Test] = implicitly[ToStatement[Test]]

Is there a way to make a general solution without explicitly setting a type?


Solution

  • The trouble is that ValueType is a type parameter in trait ValueEnumEntry and there is no type member ValueType there (so we can't use type Test#ValueType). Try defining a type class

      import java.sql.PreparedStatement
      import anorm._
      import enumeratum.values._
    
      sealed trait Test extends IntEnumEntry
      object Test extends IntEnum[Test] {
        case object One extends Test {val value = 1}
        val values = findValues
      }
    
      trait ValueEnumValueType[EntryType <: ValueEnumEntry[_]] {
        type ValueType
      }
      object ValueEnumValueType {
        type Aux[EntryType <: ValueEnumEntry[_], VT] = ValueEnumValueType[EntryType] { type ValueType = VT }
        implicit def byte[A <: ByteEnumEntry]    : Aux[A, Byte]   = null
        implicit def char[A <: CharEnumEntry]    : Aux[A, Char]   = null
        implicit def int[A <: IntEnumEntry]      : Aux[A, Int]    = null
        implicit def long[A <: LongEnumEntry]    : Aux[A, Long]   = null
        implicit def short[A <: ShortEnumEntry]  : Aux[A, Short]  = null
        implicit def string[A <: StringEnumEntry]: Aux[A, String] = null
      }
    
      implicit def valueEnumEntryToStatement[ValueType, A <: ValueEnumEntry[ValueType]](implicit
        enumValueType: ValueEnumValueType.Aux[A, ValueType],
        toStatement: ToStatement[ValueType]): ToStatement[A] =
        (s: PreparedStatement, index: Int, v: A) => toStatement.set(s, index, v.value)
    
      val toStatement: ToStatement[Test] = implicitly[ToStatement[Test]]