Overload constructor for Scala's Case Classes?

Question

In Scala 2.8 is there a way to overload constructors of a case class? If yes, please put a snippet to explain, if not, please explain why?

Accepted Answer

Overloading constructors isn't special for case classes:

```
case class Foo(bar: Int, baz: Int) {
  def this(bar: Int) = this(bar, 0)
}

new Foo(1, 2)
new Foo(1)
```

However, you may like to also overload the `apply` method in the companion object, which is called when you omit `new`.

```
object Foo {
  def apply(bar: Int) = new Foo(bar)
}

Foo(1, 2)
Foo(1)
```

In Scala 2.8, named and default parameters can often be used instead of overloading.

```
case class Baz(bar: Int, baz: Int = 0)
new Baz(1)
Baz(1)
```

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