Applicative

trait Applicative[m: Type -> Type] with Functor[m]Source

A trait for functors that support application, i.e. allow to:

Make an applicative value out of a normal value (embed it into a default context), e.g. embed 5 into Some(5).
Apply a function-type applicative to a matching argument-type applicative, resulting in an applicative of the function's result type.

The meaning of the application realized by the ap function is defined by the respective instance. Conceptually this can be understood as applying functions "contained" in the first applicative to arguments in the second applicative, where the possible quantity of functions/arguments depends on the type m. For example, an Option[a -> b] can be None, or contain a function of type a -> b, and only in the latter case a function is applied. A List[a -> b] is an applicative that contains a list of functions, which are all to be applied to all arguments contained in the arguments list.

A minimal implementation must define point and at least one of ap and map2 (if map2 is implemented, ap can be defined based on map2 as shown below). If both ap and map2 are defined, they must be equivalent to their default definitions: ap(f: m[a -> b \ e], x: m[a]): m[b] \ ef = map2(identity, f, x) map2(f: a -> b -> c \ e, x: m[a], y: m[b]): m[c] \ ef = ap(Functor.map(f, x), y)

Signatures

def ap(f: m[a -> b \ ef], x: m[a]): m[b] \ ef with Applicative[m] Source

def point(x: a): m[a] with Applicative[m] Source

Puts x into a default context.

Trait Definitions

def map2(f: t1 -> (t2 -> r \ ef), x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2]): m[r] \ ef with Applicative[m] Source

def map3(f: t1 -> (t2 -> (t3 -> r \ ef)), x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2], x3: m[t3]): m[r] \ ef with Applicative[m] Source

Lift a ternary function to work on Applicatives. Instances can define more efficient implementations than the default implementation (which is Applicative.ap(Applicative.map2(f, x1, x2), x3)).

def map4(f: t1 -> (t2 -> (t3 -> (t4 -> r \ ef))), x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2], x3: m[t3], x4: m[t4]): m[r] \ ef with Applicative[m]

Source

Lift a 4-ary function to work on Applicatives. Instances can define more efficient implementations than the default implementation (which is Applicative.ap(Applicative.map3(f, x1, x2, x3), x4)).

def map5(f: t1 -> (t2 -> (t3 -> (t4 -> (t5 -> r \ ef)))), x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2], x3: m[t3], x4: m[t4], x5: m[t5]): m[r] \ ef with Applicative[m]

Source

Lift a 5-ary function to work on Applicatives. Instances can define more efficient implementations than the default implementation (which is Applicative.ap(Applicative.map3(f, x1, x2, x3), x4)).

Module Definitions

def *>(ma: m[a], mb: m[b]): m[b] with Applicative[m] Source

*> is an operator alias for productRight.

def <*(ma: m[a], mb: m[b]): m[a] with Applicative[m] Source

<* is an operator alias for productLeft.

def <**>(ma: m[a], mf: m[a -> b \ ef]): m[b] \ ef with Applicative[m] Source

<**> is a variant of the operator <*> with its arguments flipped.

The order of evaluation is ma then mf.

def <*>(mf: m[a -> b \ ef], ma: m[a]): m[b] \ ef with Applicative[m] Source

<*> is an operator alias for ap.

def product(fa: m[a], fb: m[b]): m[(a, b)] with Applicative[m] Source

Chain two applicative actions, returns the product of their results.

def product3(x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2], x3: m[t3]): m[(t1, t2, t3)] with Applicative[m] Source

Chain three applicative actions, return the 3-tuple of their results.

def product4(x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2], x3: m[t3], x4: m[t4]): m[(t1, t2, t3, t4)] with Applicative[m] Source

Chain four applicative actions, return the 4-tuple of their results.

def product5(x1: m[t1], x2: m[t2], x3: m[t3], x4: m[t4], x5: m[t5]): m[(t1, t2, t3, t4, t5)] with Applicative[m] Source

Chain five applicative actions, return the 5-tuple of their results.

def productLeft(fa: m[a], fb: m[b]): m[a] with Applicative[m] Source

Chain two applicative actions, return only the result of the first.

def productRight(fa: m[a], fb: m[b]): m[b] with Applicative[m] Source

Chain two applicative actions, return only the result of the second.