Is this allowed in Scala code:
DomNode node = node.getFirstChild()
where DomNode is Java type from external java library and getFirstChild(
IntelliJ IDEA can translate from Java to Scala for you. If you paste Java code into a ".scala" file IntelliJ IDEA notices it and asks you if you would like to try an automatic conversion. You might wanna check it out.
PS
I never tried it out myself...