Converting a Java collection into a Scala collection

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Related to Stack Overflow question Scala equivalent of new HashSet(Collection) , how do I convert a Java collection (java.util.List say) into a Scala collection List?

I am actually trying to convert a Java API call to Spring's SimpleJdbcTemplate, which returns a java.util.List<T>, into a Scala immutable HashSet. So for example:

val l: java.util.List[String] = javaApi.query( ... )
val s: HashSet[String] = //make a set from l

This seems to work. Criticism is welcome!

import scala.collection.immutable.Set
import scala.collection.jcl.Buffer 
val s: scala.collection.Set[String] =
                      Set(Buffer(javaApi.query( ... ) ) : _ *)
scala-2.7 scala-collections scala java
10 Answers

Your last suggestion works, but you can also avoid using jcl.Buffer:

Set(javaApi.query(...).toArray: _*)

Note that scala.collection.immutable.Set is made available by default thanks to Predef.scala.

Jorge_Ortiz_514310

Starting Scala 2.13, package scala.jdk.CollectionConverters replaces packages scala.collection.JavaConverters/JavaConversions._:

import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._

// val javaList: java.util.List[String] = java.util.Arrays.asList("one","two","three")
javaList.asScala
// collection.mutable.Buffer[String] = Buffer("one", "two", "three")
javaList.asScala.toSet
// collection.immutable.Set[String] = Set("one", "two", "three")
user_92971440

You could convert the Java collection to an array and then create a Scala list from that:

val array = java.util.Arrays.asList("one","two","three").toArray
val list = List.fromArray(array)
Fabian_Steeg_181540
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