missing Cats Functor[Future] instance
Solution 1
By importing cats.implicits._
you are actually already importing cats.syntax.AllSyntax
and cats.instances.AllInstances
Try using just those imports:
import cats.data._
import cats.implicits._
or (according to your needs):
import cats.data._
import cats.instances.future._
or more specifically:
import cats.data._
import cats.instances.future.catsStdInstancesForFuture
you may also need:
import scala.concurrent.Future
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
Note: of course you have to implicitly provide an actual ExecutionContext
in a production environment.
Solution 2
Following imports work for me (also mentioned in approved answer),
import cats.data.OptionT
import cats.instances.future._ // or import cats.implicits._
// as implicits include FutureInstances
import scala.concurrent.Future
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
Also, the important thing was the dependencies as I was using org.typelevel:cats:0.9.0
along with cats-core-1.1.0
which was causing Symbol 'type cats.kernel.instances.EqInstances' is missing from the classpath.
Had to remove older cats-0.9.0
and use latest cats-core
and cats-kernel
.
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
"org.typelevel" %% "cats-core" % "1.1.0",
"org.typelevel" %% "cats-kernel" % "1.2.0",
"org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.4" % Test
)
Solution 3
Seems like causes of this issue can be various; I just ran into this because I had two implicit ExecutionContext
s available in scope, so cats was unable to select one to provide the Functor[Future]
:
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
// ^ first implicit ExecutionContext
class MyClass {
def myMethod(e: EitherT[Future, _, _])(implicit ec: ExecutionContext) {
// Second implicit ExecutionContext
e.flatMap(...) // <- Functor unavailable
}
}
In my case I was able to resolve the issue by simply not passing ec
into myMethod
, though removing the global execution context would have also worked.
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kostja over 1 year
I am trying to use
OptionT
to combine methods returningFuture[Option[T]]
in a for-comprehension.import cats.data._ import cats.implicits._ import cats.instances.future._ for { data <- OptionT(repo.getData(id)) ... }
The compiler error I am getting:
could not find implicit value for parameter F cats.Functor[scala.concurrent.Future]
This recent example suggests that this is (was?) possible.
so do the docs in the pull request for adding
OptionT
and the cats
Functor
docsWhat am I missing here?
Thank you
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kostja about 7 yearsremoving import cats.instances.future._ and adding the ExecutionContext fixed this. Thank you, Federico.
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Freewind about 6 yearsI use
import cats.instances.future.catsStdInstancesForFuture
only, and remove all other related cats imports, can fix this error too