Get actual type of generic type argument on abstract superclass

Question

I have a class like:

public abstract class BaseDao {

  protected Class getClazz() {
     return T.class;
  }

  /         


        

Answer 1

If Spring framework is available, you can do like here:

import org.springframework.core.GenericTypeResolver;

public abstract class BaseDao {

    protected Class getClazz() {
        return (Class) GenericTypeResolver.resolveTypeArgument(getClass(), BaseDao.class);
    }

}