Type in expressions to have them evaluated. Type :help for more information. scala> scala> import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ import scala.reflect.runtime.universe._ scala> val sym = typeOf[Foo].typeSymbol sym: reflect.runtime.universe.Symbol = class Foo scala> sym.typeSignature res0: reflect.runtime.universe.Type = java.lang.Object{def (): Foo} scala> sym.getAnnotations foreach (_.javaArgs) scala> println(sym.getAnnotations) List(ComplexAnnotation(v1 = 1, v10 = "hello", v101 = [101, 101], v102 = [102, 102], v103 = ['g', 'g'], v104 = [104, 104], v105 = [105L, 105L], v106 = [106.0, 106.0], v107 = [107.0, 107.0], v108 = [false, true], v11 = classOf[Foo], v110 = ["hello", "world"], v111 = [classOf[SimpleAnnotation], classOf[ComplexAnnotation]], v113 = [SimpleAnnotation(v1 = 21, v10 = "world2", v11 = classOf[ComplexAnnotation], v2 = 22, v3 = '\027', v4 = 24, v5 = 25L, v6 = 26.0, v7 = 27.0, v8 = false)], v13 = SimpleAnnotation(v1 = 11, v10 = "world1", v11 = classOf[SimpleAnnotation], v2 = 12, v3 = '\r', v4 = 14, v5 = 15L, v6 = 16.0, v7 = 17.0, v8 = false), v2 = 2, v3 = '\03', v4 = 4, v5 = 5L, v6 = 6.0, v7 = 7.0, v8 = false)) scala> scala>