How do I get a class instance of generic type T?

Question

I have a generics class, Foo. In a method of Foo, I want to get the class instance of type T, but I just can\'t call T.

Answer 1

A standard approach/workaround/solution is to add a class object to the constructor(s), like:

 public class Foo {

    private Class type;
    public Foo(Class type) {
      this.type = type;
    }

    public Class getType() {
      return type;
    }

    public T newInstance() {
      return type.newInstance();
    }
 }