Here you can find the source of cast(final Class> clazz)
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T> Class<T> cast(final Class<?> clazz)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w ww . j av a 2 s .c o m This file is part of Cyclos (www.cyclos.org). A project of the Social Trade Organisation (www.socialtrade.org). Cyclos is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Cyclos is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Cyclos; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */ public class Main { /** * Casts a class to a required type */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static <T> Class<T> cast(final Class<?> clazz) { return (Class<T>) clazz; } }