Specifying a generic type in java from Class object

Question

Why this is wrong:

    Class type = Integer.class;
    ArrayList = new ArrayList<>();

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Answer 1

ArrayList = new ArrayList<>();

this line is wrong. First, you missed identifier (variable name) here; Second, you mixed the concepts of "type" and "class". You can delcare

ArrayList list = new ArrayList<>();

But according to yours, type = Integer.class. Obviously, Integer is not equivalent to Integer.class. Similarly you can't have Integer.class i = 1; The former one is a "type", the second one is a "Class" object.

You can create a generic method:

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