Java8 ContainingType::methodName references

Java 8 supports method references using the double colon :: operator.
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodreferences.html

There are four types of these:
-ContainingClass::staticMethodName (Reference to a static method)
-containingObject::instanceMethodName (Reference to an instance method of a 
particular object)
-ContainingType::methodName (Reference to an instance method of an 
arbitrary object of a particular type)
-ClassName::new (Reference to a constructor)

In Scala, for example this one is supported: 
containingObject::instanceMethodName
by using:
containingObject.instanceMethodName _

But what suprises me is that Scala doesn't seem to support 
ContainingType::methodName.
ContainingType::methodName can be handy when for example you need to 
dynamically create objects and perform reflections to call getter and 
setter method in a strong typed way. Which can be handy in UI code and 
object construction/binding code.

Other languages also support this:
-Java: 
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodreferences.html
-Kotlin: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/reflection.html
-Groovy: http://groovy-lang.org/metaprogramming.html (ExpandoMetaClass)
-C#: 
http://joelabrahamsson.com/getting-property-and-method-names-using-static-reflection-in-c/

It would be nice if something like this would be possible in Scala:
  case class Person(name: String)

  def getMethodName(....): String = {
    // ....
  }
  
  getMethodName(Person::name) // returns "name" or "Person.name"



Am I missing something?

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