e type named <code><i>object</i></code> which will be looked up using
<code>System.Type::GetType</code>.  If <code><i>object</i></code> is a tree of strings, then the method
should be a static method of the generic type named <code><i>object</i></code>, with <code><i>other-args</i></code>
being the parameters of the type.  Otherwise, <code><i>object</i></code> should be a pair
where the first element is a container representing an assembly and
the second element is a string (or a tree of strings) denoting a