Implicit conversion between java and scala collections using JavaConversions

Question

I merged a scala Set of scala Maps using a generic function

def mergeMaps[A, B](ms: Set[Map[A, B]])(f: (B, B) => B): Map[A, B] =
(Ma         


        

Answer 1

Would a JavaConverter do what you want?

scala> import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
import scala.collection.JavaConverters._

scala> val x = (new java.util.HashMap[Int,Int]).asScala
x: scala.collection.mutable.Map[Int,Int] = Map()