scala - Why "case class" doesn't need "new" to create a new object

Question

In Scala what is the reason that you don't need to use "new" to create a new "case class"? I tried searching for awhile now without answers.

Answer 1

Do you want the how or the why? As the other answer notes, the how is just the apply method on the automatically generated companion object.

For the why: case classes are often used to implement algebraic data types in Scala, and the new-less constructor allows code that is more elegant (creating a value looks more like deconstructing it via pattern matching, for example) and that more closely resembles ADT syntax in other languages.