Get generic type of class at runtime

Question

How can I achieve this?

public class GenericClass
{
    public Type getMyType()
    {
        //How do I return the type of T?
    }
}

Answer 1

public abstract class AbstractDao
{
    private final Class persistentClass;

    public AbstractDao()
    {
        this.persistentClass = (Class) ((ParameterizedType) this.getClass().getGenericSuperclass())
                .getActualTypeArguments()[0];
    }
}