`.class` in Scala

Class.scala

// I always run into massive problems when trying to write Scala that uses Java libraries. Recently
// one thing that threw me off was trying to do the following:

val class = MyAwesomeType.class

// This is often used in Java to get the 'Class' class for a class (yeah, I know). But how do we do
// this in Scala?

val class = MyAwesomeType.class // No. This reports that there is no 'class' member for the type

val class = MyAwesomeType.getClass // No. This would work on a Scala 'Any' but not on a Java 'Object'.

val class = classOf[MyAwesomeType] // Yes. There now you know and you can stop worrying about it.