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

Question

In Scala, I can declare an object like so:

class Thing

object Thingy extends Thing

How would I get \"Thingy\" (the name of th

Answer 1

If you declare it as a case object rather than just an object then it'll automatically extend the Product trait and you can call the productPrefix method to get the object's name:

scala> case object Thingy
defined module Thingy

scala> Thingy.productPrefix
res4: java.lang.String = Thingy