Reflect

Reflectively looks up an instantiable class.

The class or one of its super types (classes or traits) must be annotated with @EnableReflectiveInstantiation. Moreover, the class must not be abstract, nor be a local class (i.e., a class defined inside a def). Inner classes (defined inside another class) are supported.

If the class cannot be found, either because it does not exist, was not @EnableReflectiveInstantiation or was abstract or local, this method returns None.

Reflectively looks up a loadable module class.

A module class is the technical term referring to the class of a Scala object. The object or one of its super types (classes or traits) must be annotated with @EnableReflectiveInstantiation. Moreover, the object must be "static", i.e., declared at the top-level of a package or inside a static object.

If the module class cannot be found, either because it does not exist, was not @EnableReflectiveInstantiation or was not static, this method returns None.