Creating an instance of a class with injected components in Play 2.5.x / 2.6.x / 2.7.x / 2.8.x REPL

repl_2.5.scala

// For Play 2.5.x and 2.6.x

// After starting the application in the console (https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.5.x/PlayConsole#launch-the-interactive-console)
import play.api._
val env = Environment(new java.io.File("."), this.getClass.getClassLoader, Mode.Dev)
val context = ApplicationLoader.createContext(env)
val loader = ApplicationLoader(context)
val app = loader.load(context)
Play.start(app)

// Do this:
app.injector.instanceOf[full.path.YourClass](app.classloader.loadClass("full.path.YourClass").asInstanceOf[Class[full.path.YourClass]])

repl_2.7.scala

// For Play 2.7.x and 2.8.x

// After starting the application in the console https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.8.x/PlayConsole#Launch-the-Scala-console)
import play.api._
val env = Environment(new java.io.File("."), this.getClass.getClassLoader, Mode.Dev)
val context = ApplicationLoader.Context.create(env)
val loader = ApplicationLoader(context)
val app = loader.load(context)
Play.start(app)

// Do this:
app.injector.instanceOf[full.path.YourClass](app.classloader.loadClass("full.path.YourClass").asInstanceOf[Class[full.path.YourClass]])