Question

I need to get the class reference for several templates classes for use with guice. For a normal type I can do String.class but List<String>.class, is a syntax error.

How can I get the class object for a templated class?

Answer 1

You don’t, which is why you use TypeLiteral:

TypeLiteral<List<String>> list = new TypeLiteral<List<String>>() {};

You can use that in the bindings in the same way as classes.