How do I get the `.class` attribute from a generic type parameter?

Question

The accepted answer to this question describes how to create an instance of T in the Generic class. This involves passing in a Class<

Answer 1

If you're using the GSON library, you can get the type of T easily by using TypeToken. The class documentation is available here:

I did it like this:

This is my class definition:

public class ManagerGeneric  {}

This is in my method:

// Get the type of generic parameter
Type typeOfT = new TypeToken(){}.getType();
// Deserialize
T data = gson.fromJson(json, typeOfT);