Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* Copyright 2015 Zilla Chen Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. */ import java.lang.reflect.Field; import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType; import java.lang.reflect.Type; public class Main { /** * getChildClass * * @param field List<Child> children type * @return thie child class */ public static Class getChildClass(Field field) { Type t = field.getGenericType(); Type actualType = ((ParameterizedType) t).getActualTypeArguments()[0]; Class subclass = null; try { subclass = Class.forName(actualType.getClass().getName()); } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println(subclass.getSimpleName()); return subclass; } }