Size

Supertrait for Size typeclasses.

Trait Size is a typeclass trait for objects that can be queried for size. Objects of type T for which an implicit Size[T] is available can be used with the should have size syntax. In other words, this trait enables you to use the size checking syntax with arbitrary objects. As an example, the following Bridge class:

scala> import org.scalatest._
import org.scalatest._

scala> import enablers.Size
import enablers.Size

scala> import Matchers._
import Matchers._

scala> case class Bridge(span: Int)
defined class Bridge

Out of the box you can't use the should have size syntax with Bridge, because ScalaTest doesn't know that a bridge's span means its size:

scala> val bridge = new Bridge(2000)
bridge: Bridge = Bridge(2000)

scala> bridge should have size 2000
<console>:34: error: could not find implicit value for
    parameter sz: org.scalatest.enablers.Size[Bridge]
      bridge should have size 2000
                         ^

You can teach this to ScalaTest, however, by defining an implicit Size[Bridge].

scala> implicit val sizeOfBridge: Size[Bridge] =
     |   new Size[Bridge] {
     |     def sizeOf(b: Bridge): Long = b.span
     |   }
sizeOfBridge: org.scalatest.enablers.Size[Bridge] = $anon$1@3fa27a4a

With the implicit Size[Bridge] in scope, you can now use ScalaTest's should have size syntax with Bridge instances:

scala> bridge should have size 2000
res4: org.scalatest.Assertion = Succeeded

scala> bridge should have size 2001
org.scalatest.exceptions.TestFailedException: Bridge(2000) had size 2000 instead of expected size 2001
  at org.scalatest.MatchersHelper$.newTestFailedException(MatchersHelper.scala:148)
  at org.scalatest.MatchersHelper$.indicateFailure(MatchersHelper.scala:366)
  at org.scalatest.Matchers$ResultOfHaveWordForExtent.size(Matchers.scala:2720)
  ... 43 elided