March 16th, 2020

• java
  • Something to watch out for in future when trying to get the parameterized type from a class, i.e the SomeOtherClass from Class<SomeOtherClass>
    • Getting the type is easy, especially if you only have one type:

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public Type getType() {
	return ((ParameterizedType) getClass()
			.getGenericSuperclass()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
}

• Watch out for calling Type.getClass() as you will not get the class you were expecting, but the class that represents the instance of the Type class
  • Type itself is an interfaces that Class implements, so it should be OK to pass the type instance to places you would pass classes