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In Scala, how do I get the *name* of an `object` (not an instance of a class)?

In Scala, I can declare an object like so:

class Thing

object Thingy extends Thing

How would I get "Thingy" (the name of the object) in Scala?

I've heard that Lift (the web framework for Scala) is capable of this.

Solution

  • Just get the class object and then its name.

    scala> Thingy.getClass.getName
res1: java.lang.String = Thingy$

    All that's left is to remove the $.

    EDIT:

    To remove names of enclosing objects and the tailing $ it is sufficient to do

    res1.split("\\$").last