Is it possible to pass a class type and use as return type?
generics, java
Solution
You can make the method generic. Declare your type parameter with `<T>` and return a `T`.
public <T> T invokeParser(Class<T> c) {
Problem
I have a method which uses a parser, the parser call example is: ``` SpecificClass ret = parser.parse(getOutputStream(),SpecificClass.class); ``` note that the return type is THE SAME as the one specified as paramether. Now, I'd like to create a method which does this call and returns the specific class type I want. For example: ``` public $$some construct I don't know$$ invokeParser(Class<?> c){ //... operations.... return parser.parse(getOutputStream(),c); //c works, I can pass it } ``` Is it possible?