Question

Getting .class of a class in Java is like:

Model.class

However how can I get .class of that:

List<Model>

to pass it a function like:

public List<T> getX(Class<List<T>> clz) {
   ...
}

I tried that:

(Class<List<Model>>) new ArrayList<Model>().getClass();

However it gives me that error:

inconvertible types
found   : java.lang.Class<capture#181 of ? extends java.util.ArrayList>
required: java.lang.Class<java.util.List<a.b.c.Model>>

Answer 1

Maybe you need to change your method to something like this:

public List<T> getX(List<T> list) {
    ... = list.getClass();
    ... = list.getClass ().getGenericSuperclass ();   
}