Question

i have a method in a class like this:

public static void postEvents(List<RuleEvent> eventList) {
    for(RuleEvent event:eventList)
        if(canProcess(event))
            findListenerAndPost(event);
    }

and i want to access it using reflection like this:

Class partypes[] = new Class[1];
partypes[0] = List.class;    //does not find the method as it is of List<RuleEvent>
postMethod = cls.getMethod("postEvents", partypes);

so, how do I get the class object of List<RuleEvent>????

I already know the way of ((List<RuleEvent>) new ArrayList<RuleEvent>()).getClass() but there should be a more direct way…

Answer 1

All you need is the following

cls.getMethod("postEvents", List.class).invoke(null, eventList);

The generic type is not required at runtime.