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Re: getting generic type parameter in method

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On 10/21/2020 7:38 AM, Philipp Kraus wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm implementing an interface of a library, which I can use for deserialization a byte array into my own datastructures. The method is:
> 
> public <T> T fromData( @Nonnull final byte[] p_bytes, @Nonnull final Class<T> p_class, @Nonnull final Type p_type ) throws DataConverterException
> [...]
> I have taken a look into Google Guava and Apache Commons with the ReflectUtils / TypeUtils, but I don't know How I get get from my p_class Variable the details auf T during runtime.

     I'm not up to speed on all the latest developments, but I think
you're out of luck at least through Java 15.  JLS 4.7 describes which
types are "reifiable," and includes a discussion on why some types
(including most generic types) are not.  Perhaps in some future Java
things will change, but I don't believe they've changed yet.

     (However, "perhaps" I'm wrong.  I'm at Java 11 these days, and
have not fully explored the more recent releases.)

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getting generic type parameter in method Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2020-10-21 04:38 -0700
  Re: getting generic type parameter in method Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2020-10-21 08:43 -0400
  Re: getting generic type parameter in method Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2020-10-21 15:28 +0200
  Re: getting generic type parameter in method Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2020-10-21 21:33 -0400
    Re: getting generic type parameter in method Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2020-10-22 04:16 -0700
    Re: getting generic type parameter in method Philipp Kraus <philipp.kraus.flashpixx@gmail.com> - 2020-10-22 04:21 -0700
  Re: getting generic type parameter in method "e.d.pro...@gmail.com" <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2020-10-22 04:16 -0700

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