How To Instantiate a java.util.ArrayList with Generic Class Using Reflection

Question

How To Instantiate a java.util.ArrayList with Generic Class Using Reflection? I am writing a method that sets java.util.List on target object. A target object and a generic

Answer 1

There's no need to do any reflection for creating your List. Just pass in some additional type information (usually done by passing a class of the correct type).

public static  List createListOfType(Class type) {
    return new ArrayList();
}

Now you have a list of the required type you can presumably/hopefully set it directly on your targetObject without any reflection.