Here you can find the source of getGenericClass(Object object, int index)
public static Class<?> getGenericClass(Object object, int index)
//package com.java2s; /**//from ww w. j a va 2s . c o m * DynamicReports - Free Java reporting library for creating reports dynamically * * Copyright (C) 2010 - 2015 Ricardo Mariaca * http://www.dynamicreports.org * * This file is part of DynamicReports. * * DynamicReports is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * DynamicReports 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with DynamicReports. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType; public class Main { public static Class<?> getGenericClass(Object object, int index) { ParameterizedType genericSuperclass = getParameterizedType(object.getClass()); if (genericSuperclass == null) { return String.class; } Class<?> rawType = getRawType(genericSuperclass.getActualTypeArguments()[index]); if (rawType == null) { return String.class; } return rawType; } private static ParameterizedType getParameterizedType(Class<?> classs) { if (classs == null) { return null; } if (classs.getGenericSuperclass() instanceof ParameterizedType) { return (ParameterizedType) classs.getGenericSuperclass(); } return getParameterizedType((Class<?>) classs.getGenericSuperclass()); } private static Class<?> getRawType(Object typeArgument) { if (typeArgument instanceof ParameterizedType) { return getRawType(((ParameterizedType) typeArgument).getRawType()); } else { if (typeArgument instanceof Class<?>) { return (Class<?>) typeArgument; } else { return null; } } } }