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How to determine the class of a generic type?

I have a method such as:

public <T> List<T> bar() {
    return new Baz<T.class>().toList();
}

T.class creates a compiler error. Is there some way to do this in Java, or is it impossible because of type erasure?

Answer 1

Type erasure prevents it. The best you can do is:

public <T> List<T> bar(Class<T> clazz) {
    // do something useful with the Class object
}