Hello,
what is the difference between
val x = ArrayBuffer[Int]()
val x = new ArrayBuffer[Int]()
If there is technically no difference, why can I use both?
Thank you…
Let me add one more to that
ArrayBuffer.empty[Int]
But the companion object apply semantics also gives you varargs, so you could do:
ArrayBuffer(1,2,3,4)They accomplish the same thing in different ways.
new ArrayBuffer[Int]() calls the constructor, which creates a new, empty array buffer. That constructor takes no parameters.
ArrayBuffer[Int]() is shorthand for ArrayBuffer.apply[Int](). that’s a method on the companion object that takes a variable number of elements, and initialized the buffer with those values. You pass no elements, so the buffer is created empty.
Extra care for ArrayBuffer(5) vs new ArrayBuffer(5): The first one calls ArrayBuffer.apply[A](as: A*), and desugars to ArrayBuffer.apply[Int](Seq(5)), creating a new ArrayBuffer populated by the single Int 5. The second one initializes a new, empty ArrayBuffer with an initial capacity of 5
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