Is there a clean way to assign the Class of a generic type to a variable?

Question

Given this code:

List ints = new ArrayList();

// Type mismatch: 
// cannot convert from Class t         


        

Answer 1

One way to do this would be to create your own class. I am not sure if this would meet your needs.

I am not really sure what you are trying to achieve. So perhaps wildcards is the answer.

import java.util.*;

class Main
{
      public static void main(String[] args)
      {
            List list = new ArrayList();
            Class clazz = list.getClass();
            System.out.println(clazz) ;
      }
}