path.FreeSpecLike cannot be cast to org.scalatest.path.FreeSpec

[rconaway]

I'm trying to use path.FreeSpec with Akka. Because Akka's TestKit is a class, I have to use the trait version of path.FreeSpec: path.FreeSpecLike. However, at runtime I get an exception when the test class is cast to path.FreeSpec:

... cannot be cast to org.scalatest.path.FreeSpec

I was able to fix the problem locally by changing the cast to use the trait instead of the class at line 51 of FreeSpecLike.java:

override def newInstance: FreeSpecLike = this.getClass.newInstance.asInstanceOf[FreeSpecLike]

This problem was also in FunSpecLike and I suspect it's in the other traits.

I'm using ScalaTest 2.1.5, Scala 2.11.0, Akka 2.3.2.

[bvenners]

Ah, that's a bug! We'll fix that and do a 2.1.6, because it will be binary compatible. I am away for the weekend with very spotty internet, so it will be early this coming week before I can release it, hopefully Monday.

Bill

[bvenners]

Was quite busy running around today and only now got 2.1.6 released for 2.10. Will get it out for 2.11 tomorrow, as well as the release notes, etc. The only change it has is this bug fix.

https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/org/scalatest/scalatest_2.10/2.1.6/

[bvenners]

This fix is now also released for 2.11:

https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public/org/scalatest/scalatest_2.11/2.1.6/