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> class A { def foo(x: Int*) = 1 } defined class A scala> val sig = typeOf[A] member newTermName("foo") typeSignature warning: there were 1 feature warnings; re-run with -feature for details sig: reflect.runtime.universe.Type = (x: )scala.Int scala> val x = sig.asInstanceOf[MethodType].params.head x: reflect.runtime.universe.Symbol = value x scala> println(x.typeSignature) scala.Int* scala>