Create instance of generic type in Java?

Question

Is it possible to create an instance of a generic type in Java? I\'m thinking based on what I\'ve seen that the answer is no (due to type erasure), but

Answer 1

You can use:

Class.forName(String).getConstructor(arguments types).newInstance(arguments)

But you need to supply the exact class name, including packages, eg. java.io.FileInputStream. I used this to create a math expressions parser.