How to tell the class of a generic object in Java

Asked Jul 27 '12 at 08:25

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Get generic type of class at runtime
Java Generics: Accessing Generic Type at runtime

For a generic object parameter to a method

void bar(Foo<?> foo) {

}

How can you retrieve of the type of the casted object, i.e. the type of ? ?

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asked Jul 27 '12 at 08:25

Theodor

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Yeah the type that foo has been casted to. I mean the type of foo is Foo>. – Theodor Jul 27 '12 at 08:29
Also worthy: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208860 – ewernli Jul 27 '12 at 08:31

How to tell the class of a generic object in Java

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