Instantiate generic type in java
generics, instantiation, java, object, templates
Solution
You cannot do such things in Java. Read about type erasure: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/generics/erasure.html
Problem
I'm stuck. Coming from C++ I thought this would simply work, but it does not. Can you please give me an advice? I will try to not end up with kind of creation method in each class used for T. ``` public class A<T>{ private T t_; public A(){ t_ = new T(); //error } } ``` Also i don't want to have constructor looking like: A(Class classT){ ... Ideally i would like to have something like this c++ code. ``` template<class T> class A{ private: T t_; public: A(){} }; ``` Thanks for help.