Scala | Uniform Access Principle
Last Updated :
08 Apr, 2019
In Scala, a programming abstraction is implemented which is called as Uniform Access Principle, which states that the annotations utilized to retrieve a property of a Class is equivalent for both methods and variables. This principle was imposed forward by Bertrand Meyer. The principle simply means that the notation used to access a feature of a class shouldn’t differ depending on whether it’s a method or an attribute .
Some points to note:
- Using this Principle attributes and functions with no parameters can be accessed by identical syntax.
- The definition of a function with no parameters can be transformed to “var” or vice-versa.
- This Principle is more aligned to the object oriented programming.
Example :
object Access
{
def main(args : Array[String])
{
val x : Array[Int] = Array( 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 45 )
val y = "GeeksforGeeks"
println(x.length)
println(y.length)
}
}
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Now, We know that the length of an array is a variable and length of a string is a method in the Class “String” but we accessed both of them in same way.
Example :
object Access
{
def main(args : Array[String])
{
val x = List( 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 9 , 10 )
def portal = {
"Geeks" + "for" + "Geeks"
}
println(portal.size)
println(x.size)
}
}
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Here, also a variable and a method both are accessed in a same manner.
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