Create instance of generic type in Java?

Question

Is it possible to create an instance of a generic type in Java? I\'m thinking based on what I\'ve seen that the answer is no (due to type erasure), but

Answer 1

Hope this's not too late to help!!!

Java is type-safe, meaning that only Objects are able to create instances.

In my case I cannot pass parameters to the createContents method. My solution is using extends unlike the answer below.

private static class SomeContainer {
    E e;
    E createContents() throws Exception{
        return (E) e.getClass().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
    }
}

This is my example case in which I can't pass parameters.

public class SomeContainer {
    E object;

    void resetObject throws Exception{
        object = (E) object.getClass().getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance();
    }
}

Using reflection create run time error, if you extends your generic class with none object type. To extends your generic type to object convert this error to compile time error.