Type in expressions to have them evaluated. Type :help for more information. scala> import scala.reflect.classTag import scala.reflect.classTag scala> classManifest[scala.List[_]] warning: there was one deprecation warning; re-run with -deprecation for details res0: scala.reflect.ClassTag[List[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.List[] scala> classTag[scala.List[_]] res1: scala.reflect.ClassTag[List[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.List scala> classManifest[scala.collection.immutable.List[_]] warning: there was one deprecation warning; re-run with -deprecation for details res2: scala.reflect.ClassTag[List[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.List[] scala> classTag[scala.collection.immutable.List[_]] res3: scala.reflect.ClassTag[List[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.List scala> classManifest[Predef.Set[_]] warning: there was one deprecation warning; re-run with -deprecation for details res4: scala.reflect.ClassTag[scala.collection.immutable.Set[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.Set[] scala> classTag[Predef.Set[_]] res5: scala.reflect.ClassTag[scala.collection.immutable.Set[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.Set scala> classManifest[scala.collection.immutable.Set[_]] warning: there was one deprecation warning; re-run with -deprecation for details res6: scala.reflect.ClassTag[scala.collection.immutable.Set[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.Set[] scala> classTag[scala.collection.immutable.Set[_]] res7: scala.reflect.ClassTag[scala.collection.immutable.Set[_]] = scala.collection.immutable.Set scala> :quit