The symbol corresponding to the globally accessible class with the given fully qualified name fullName.

If the name points to a type alias, it's recursively dealiased and its target is returned. If you need a symbol that corresponds to the type alias itself, load it directly from the package class:

scala> cm.staticClass("scala.List") res0: scala.reflect.runtime.universe.ClassSymbol = class List

scala> res0.fullName res1: String = scala.collection.immutable.List

scala> cm.staticPackage("scala") res2: scala.reflect.runtime.universe.ModuleSymbol = package scala

scala> res2.moduleClass.info member TypeName("List") res3: scala.reflect.runtime.universe.Symbol = type List

scala> res3.fullName res4: String = scala.List

To be consistent with Scala name resolution rules, in case of ambiguity between a package and an object, the object is never been considered.

For example for the following code:

package foo { class B }

object foo { class A class B }

staticClass("foo.B") will resolve to the symbol corresponding to the class B declared in the package foo, and staticClass("foo.A") will throw a ScalaReflectionException.

In the example above, to load a symbol that corresponds to the class B declared in the object foo, use staticModule("foo") to load the module symbol and then navigate info.members of its moduleClass.

The symbol corresponding to the globally accessible object with the given fully qualified name fullName.

To be consistent with Scala name resolution rules, in case of ambiguity between a package and an object, the object is never been considered.

For example for the following code:

package foo { object B }

object foo { object A object B }

staticModule("foo.B") will resolve to the symbol corresponding to the object B declared in the package foo, and staticModule("foo.A") will throw a ScalaReflectionException

In the example above, to load a symbol that corresponds to the object B declared in the object foo, use staticModule("foo") to load the module symbol and then navigate info.members of its moduleClass.