```inline fun <reified C> name() = C::class....

# codereview

[christophsturm]

inline fun <reified C> name() = C::class.simpleName

name<Collection<String>>()

this returns “Collection”. is there a way make it return “Collection<String>“?

[Joffrey]

You lose the element type information as soon as you do C::class, because the KClass type simply doesn't have that information. What you need is KType, which you can get from a reified C using typeOf<C>().

I don't know off the top of my head how to get a nice string for its name from the KType, but you might be able to figure that out

[christophsturm]

ah typeOf was exactly what I need, thanks

[ephemient]

KType.toString() will get you kotlin.collections.Collection<kotlin.String>

[ephemient]

if you want the simple names you'll have to walk through it yourself, I don't think there's a built-in utility for it