Get type of a generic parameter in Java with reflection

Question

Is it possible to get the type of a generic parameter?

An example:

public final class Voodoo {
    public static void chill(List aListWithTy         


        

Answer 1

You cannot get a generic parameter from a variable. But you can from a method or field declaration:

Method method = getClass().getDeclaredMethod("chill", List.class);
Type[] params = method.getGenericParameterTypes();
ParameterizedType firstParam = (ParameterizedType) params[0];
Type[] paramsOfFirstGeneric = firstParam.getActualTypeArguments();