creating a new instance of a type in scala

Question

If I have a class C defined as

class C[A]

is there any way to create a new instance of A within C? Something like

Answer 1

The same as @Raphael's answer with a case class's apply method:

class Container[A](contained: A)
case class Person(name: String)
case class PersonContainer(person: Person) extends Container[Person](person)
implicit def _ = PersonContainer.apply _

class Creator {
  def deserializeAndPackage[A, B <: Container[A]](data: Array[Byte])
                           (implicit containerCreator: (A => B)): B = {
    val p = /* deserialize data as type of A */
    containerCreator(p)
  }
}