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Asked: 2026-05-10T16:52:19+00:00

In Scala, is it possible to get the string representation of a type at

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In Scala, is it possible to get the string representation of a type at runtime? I am trying to do something along these lines:

def printTheNameOfThisType[T]() = {   println(T.toString) }
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  1. Note: this answer is out of date!

    Please see answer using TypeTag for Scala 2.10 and above

    May I recommend #Scala on freenode

    10:48 <seet_> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/190368/getting-the-string-representation-of-a-type-at-runtime-in-scala <-- isnt this posible? 10:48 <seet_> possible 10:48 <lambdabot> Title: Getting the string representation of a type at runtime in Scala - Stack Overflow,                   http://tinyurl.com/53242l 10:49 <mapreduce> Types aren't objects. 10:49 <mapreduce> or values 10:49 <mapreduce> println(classOf[T]) should give you something, but probably not what you want.

    Description of classOf

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