为什么我不能将Scala的Function1隐式转换为java.util.function.Function？

我正在尝试将Scala的Function1隐式转换为java.util.function.Function.

这是我的代码：

object Java8ToScala extends App {

  implicit def javaFuncToScalaFunc[T, R](func1: Function[T, R]): function.Function[T,R] = {
    new function.Function[T, R] {
      override def apply(t: T): R = func1.apply(t)
    }
  }

  val javaFunc:function.Function[String,Int] = (s:String) => s.length

  println(javaFunc.apply("foo")) // this works

  private val strings = new util.ArrayList[String]()
  println(strings.stream().map(javaFunc).collect(Collectors.toList())) // this doesn't work

}

编译器消息很难理解：

[error] /xxx/Java8ToScala.scala:74: no type parameters for method map: (x$1: java.util.function.Function[_ >: String, _ <: R])java.util.stream.Stream[R] exist so that it can be applied to arguments (java.util.function.Function[String,Int])
[error]  --- because ---
[error] argument expression's type is not compatible with formal parameter type;
[error]  found   : java.util.function.Function[String,Int]
[error]  required: java.util.function.Function[_ >: String, _ <: ?R]
[error] Note: String <: Any, but Java-defined trait Function is invariant in type T.
[error] You may wish to investigate a wildcard type such as `_ <: Any`. (SLS 3.2.10)
[error]     .map(javaFunc).collect(Collectors.toList()))
[error]      ^
[error] /xxx/Java8ToScala.scala:74: type mismatch;
[error]  found   : java.util.function.Function[String,Int]
[error]  required: java.util.function.Function[_ >: String, _ <: R]
[error]     .map(javaFunc).collect(Collectors.toList()))
[error]          ^
[error] two errors found
[error] (compile:compileIncremental) Compilation Failed
[error] Total time: 7 s, completed Dec 18, 2015 10:51:15 AM

解决方法:

只是Scala类型推断失败,尽管我不明白为什么：它似乎正在寻找扩展AnyRef的R.如果使用此类类型,则为works,例如val javaFunc：function.Function [String,String] =(s：String)=> s.

但是,它在任何地方都没有上限：同样也明确使用map [Int] works.