NameOf

Obtain an identifier name as a constant string.

Example usage:

 val amount = 5
 nameOf(amount) => "amount"

Obtain an identifier name as a constant string.

This overload can be used to access an instance method without having an instance of the type.

Example usage:

 class Person(val name: String)
 nameOf[Person](_.name) => "name"

Obtain a type's unqualified name as a constant string.

Example usage:

 nameOfType[String] => "String"
 nameOfType[fully.qualified.ClassName] => "ClassName"

Obtain a fully qualified identifier name as a constant string.

This overload can be used to access an instance method without having an instance of the type.

Example usage:

 class Pet(val age: Int)
 class Person(val name: String, val pet: Pet)
 nameOf[Person](_.pet.age) => "pet.age"

Obtain a type's qualified name as a constant string.

Example usage:

 nameOfType[String] => "java.lang.String"
 nameOfType[fully.qualified.ClassName] => "fully.qualified.ClassName"