How to get ClassLoader from type variable (for parceling a class using generics)

Question

I have a parcelable class with a generic type object. Usually I would read out that object like this:

in.readParcelable(MyParcelableClass.class.getClassLoader())

Apparently I can't do that with a generic type variable.. see code below. Can anyone point me into the right direction?

public class ParcelableOverlayItem<T extends Parcelable> extends OverlayItem implements Parcelable {

  private T parcelableTypeObject;

  protected ParcelableOverlayItem(Parcel in) {
    this(in.readParcelable(T.class.getClassLoader())); // this is not working: "Cannot select from a type variable"
  }

  public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
    dest.writeParcelable(parcelableTypeObject, flags);
  }

  public ParcelableOverlayItem(T parcelableTypeObject) {
    super();
    this.parcelableTypeObject = parcelableTypeObject;
  }

  public T getParcelableTypeObject() {
    return parcelableTypeObject;
  }

  // ...
}

Answer 1

You can get the ClassLoader from generic type T like this

this(in.readParcelable(parcelableTypeObject.getClass().getClassLoader()));