How do I call a Scala Object method using reflection?

Question

say, I have the following:

trait SomeTrait {   def someMethod: String; }  object SomeObject extends SomeTrait {   def someMethod = "something"; } 

I would like to call "someMethod" using reflection as I have the object name as a String. Something like:

val objectName = "SomeObject"   val someTrait:SomeTrait = ???.asInstanceOf[SomeTrait]   someTrait.someMethod 

or something similar.

Thanks

Answer 1

def companion[T](name : String)(implicit man: Manifest[T]) : T =      Class.forName(name + "$").getField("MODULE$").get(man.erasure).asInstanceOf[T]  val result = companion[SomeTrait]("SomeObject").someMethod