How to get type parameter values using java reflection?

Question

interface Foo<T> { ... }
class Bar implements Foo<Baz> { ... }

I've got a Bar object. How to get the value of T for it (Baz)?

So far, I only managed to get the interface and T, but I can't see a way to get its value.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Type type = bar.getClass().getGenericInterfaces()[0];

if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
    Type actualType = ((ParameterizedType) type).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
    System.out.println(actualType);
}

Of course, in the general case, you should iterate over the array, rather than assuming it has excatly one element ([0]). With the above example, you can cast actualType to java.lang.Class. In other cases it may be different (see comment by meriton)