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How can I access Class object for Generics?
Currently, I am doing it this way:
List<String> list= new ArrayList<String>(); list.getClass(); Is this OK? Or, what should be the way?
That will return the same as ArrayList.class. Java generics erase the generic type at runtime; in other words, from ‘list’ you’ll never know the element type is String. There’s a great FAQ on this at
http://www.angelikalanger.com/GenericsFAQ/JavaGenericsFAQ.html