Is there a way to find the type of a template (generic) parameter in Java?

Question

I\'m trying to do something like this in Java:

public static  T foo() {
  return (T) bar(T);
}

public static Object bar(Class klaz) {
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Answer 1

There's no way to get the type. Java's generics use type erasure so even java itself does not know what T is at runtime.

As for workarounds: you could define foo to take a parameter of type Class<T> and then use that.