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

That is pretty straight forward. If you need from within the same class:

Class clazz = this.getClass();
ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) clazz.getGenericSuperclass();
try {
        Class typeClass = Class.forName( parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[0].getTypeName() );
        // You have the instance of type 'T' in typeClass variable

        System.out.println( "Class instance name: "+  typeClass.getName() );
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
        System.out.println( "ClassNotFound!! Something wrong! "+ e.getMessage() );
    }