The java "Object" Class equivalent in Scala -

it seems good reason need switch scala! so, excuse me if question might seem novice.

it seems any in scala supper class of types , might considered object type equivalent in java. type any abstract, while object not. more concretely, can not write following code in scala (since class abstract , cannot instantiated):

val k:any = new any();  

while can write following code in java:

object k=new object(); 

what should use if need concrete equivalent type of java object type?

anyref type not abstract seems equivalent of java object class (see this)

so following works in scala:

  val k:anyref = new anyref();