sealed trait ISimpleValue sealed trait IListValue extends ISimpleValue { def items: List[IAtomicValue[_]] } sealed trait IAtomicValue[O] extends ISimpleValue { def data: O } sealed trait IAbstractDoubleValue[O] extends IAtomicValue[O] { } sealed trait IDoubleValue extends IAbstractDoubleValue[Double] case class ListValue(val items: List[IAtomicValue[_]]) extends IListValue class DoubleValue(val data: Double) extends IDoubleValue { def asDouble = data } object Test { /** * @param args the command line arguments */ def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = { val v: ISimpleValue = new DoubleValue(1) v match { case m: IListValue => println("list") case a: IAtomicValue[_] => println("atomic") } } }