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package org.openremote.beehive.utils;

import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;

/**
 * Generic utility class User: allenwei Date: 2009-2-13 Time: 10:57:22
 */
public class GenericUtil {

   private GenericUtil() {
   }

   /**
    * Method for finding out of what type a parameterized generic class is.
    * 
    * @param clazz
    *           The class to get the name of
    * @return classname
    */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public static Class getClassForGenericType(Class<?> clazz) {
      ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) clazz.getGenericSuperclass();
      return (Class<?>) (parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments()[0]);
   }
}
