Generic with instanceof

Once in a while you feel the need to decide from which type a Generic really is.
As a general rule the following code points out a bad design. Nevertheless, he helps sometimes…

package com.sowas.javawiki;
 
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 
public class GenericType{
 
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static void main(String[] args) throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException{
      Class c = new MyClass<String>(){}.getType();
      System.out.println(c);
      System.out.println((c.newInstance() instanceof String)?"String":"No String");
   }
 
   static class MyClass<T> {
      Class<T>	type;
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      public MyClass(){
         type = (Class<T>) ((ParameterizedType) getClass().getGenericSuperclass()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
      }
 
      public Class<T> getType(){
         return type;
      }
   }
}