java泛型方法返回值,Java泛型：获得泛型方法返回类型的类

Background

I once wrote this method:

private SortedSet createSortedSet() {

return new TreeSet();

}

It's supposed to be called like this:

Set set = createSortedSet();

This works fine (although I've seen in answers here when researching the current question that this is error-prone).

The current situation

Anyway, now I am writing the following code (in a class that extends javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport):

private T evaluate(String expression) {

ExpressionEvaluator evaluator = pageContext.getExpressionEvaluator();

return evaluator.evaluate(expression, T, null, pageContext.getVariableResolver());

}

The purpose is to be able to call this like:

Integer width = evaluate(widthStr);

The code in my evaluate method obviously doesn't work. The second argument to evaluator.evaluate() is supposed to be a Class object. This leads me to:

My question

How can I get the Class of a generic (return) type? What should I write in place of T as the second argument to evaluate?

EDIT: Conclusion

Nicolas seems to be right, it can not be done and I need to pass the class as an argument to my method. The upside is that since his solution makes the argument parametrized on the generic type I get a compilation check on that argument.

解决方案

Unfortunately, you will certainly have to change your method to:

private T evaluate(Class clazz, String expression)

and then pass clazz as your second parameter. Not as short as you expected.