Is there a way to get an instance if you only have...

# kodein

[bdavisx]

Is there a way to get an instance if you only have a Java or Kotlin class but can't supply a reified type?

[streetsofboston]

Yes, you can. Reification is just syntactic sugar, basically a copy&paste done by the compiler.
Go to the definition of the Kodein.instance function. Then copy and paste its implementation manually into your own code.