How to get a Mirror in Swift without creating an instance?

In Swift 2.0, we can use Mirror(reflecting:) to get some type information from an instance, e.g.

let stringMirror = Mirror(reflecting: "a string")
print(stringMirror.children)

However, is it possible to get information about a type without creating an instance? (For those of you who may want to know why I want this: The question is purely academic. Can it be done?)

My guess is no, because I think Mirror is intended for use by playgrounds and is not an "official" reflection API.