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Use a fixed-size count array and protected hooks defining a stable character-to-slot mapping. The default hooks count the ASCII lowercase interval. The document must start empty, and all subsequent edits must pass through the mixin methods, as they do for
new DocImp with CharCountPlugin.trait CharCountPlugin extends Doc {
protected def firstCounted: Char = 'a'
protected def numberCounted: Int = 26
protected def slot(ch: Char): Int = {
val k = ch.toInt - firstCounted.toInt
if (0 <= k && k < numberCounted) k else -1
}
private lazy val totals = Array.fill(numberCounted)(0)
abstract override def insert(pos: Int, ch: Char): Unit = {
val k = slot(ch)
super.insert(pos, ch)
if (k >= 0) totals(k) += 1
}
abstract override def delete(pos: Int): Char = {
val removed = super.delete(pos)
val k = slot(removed)
if (k >= 0) totals(k) -= 1
removed
}
def count(ch: Char): Int = {
val k = slot(ch)
require(k >= 0, "character is outside the counted alphabet")
totals(k)
}
}The additional representation invariant is that each array slot equals the number of corresponding characters in the current document. Initially all counts are zero. Each successful underlying edit changes exactly one relevant count, while a failed position check throws before any count is changed. Returning the actual deleted character lets deletion adjust the correct slot.
count takes time for the fixed alphabet, as do the mixin's additions to edit cost. The lazy array avoids reading subclass-overridden size hooks during trait construction; the hooks must remain stable. An extension can override the interval hooks, or override slot with another fixed finite mapping. This is stackable modification by a trait: abstract override permits the method to call the next implementation of super, supplied here by DocImp.[ref]A mixin is reusable behavior supplied by a trait and composed into a class in object-oriented programming. Scala allows only one direct superclass, so mixins allow several independently reusable capabilities without multiple concrete-class inheritance. A trait can provide implemented methods and require abstract members from its host class.
trait Named {
def name: String
}
trait Greeting extends Named {
def greeting: String = "Welcome, " + name
}
class Account(val name: String)
class WelcomedAccount(name: String) extends Account(name) with Greeting
val example = new WelcomedAccount("reader")
assert(example.greeting == "Welcome, reader")Here the single superclass supplies
name, and the mixin supplies the derived greeting. The same behavior can be mixed into another unrelated host that satisfies Named. Mixin composition uses a defined linearization and requires incompatible concrete member conflicts to be resolved; it does not make arbitrary combinations of concrete superclasses legal.[ref]Class Composition with Mixins in the Scala documentation. A class has one superclass and can include several traits
Scala 2026-10-24
A programming language supporting object-oriented programming and functional programming. Its traits support reusable mixin behavior, while type variance controls how parameterized types participate in subtyping. The Scala 2 and Scala 3 language versions differ in some syntax and typing details; examples should state the version relevant to a particular claim. Official documentation: docs.scala-lang.org
Trait 2026-10-24
A reusable type and collection of members that can be composed into a class in object-oriented programming. In Scala, a trait can declare required members and provide concrete implementations. Several traits can contribute mixin behavior to one class, subject to linearization and member-conflict rules.