How to iterate a list of Pair with Scala?

Question

I want to iterate a list of Pair objects, but have a few problems. As following variable:

val list: JList[Pair[Integer, Integer]]
for (pair <- list){
    //how to get first value and second value of pair instance
}

When I use for with <- to iterate, I can't get Pair instance and can't get properties of Pair .

Answer 1

I'm assuming JList here is the java swing component. If that is the case, then you cannot so far as I know use it directly in a for-comprehension. Instead you'll need to do something like:

import scala.collection.JavaConversions._

for (pair <- list.getSelectedValuesList) {
  //do something with pair 
}

The import pulls in implicits that will convert from Java collections to Scala collections. You'll need this because the for-comprehension you're using is de-sugared to a foreach method call, and java.util.List does not define a foreach method.

Answer 2

Incrementing Jason's answer. It is usually recommended to use JavaConverters instead of JavaConversions to avoid nasty issues . It is a little bit more verbose, but safer.

The solution would be something like this:

import scala.collection.JavaConverters._

for (pair <- list.asScala.getSelectedValuesList) {
  //do something with pair 
}