Any way to assign value for variable of type Class List String ?

Question

I'm puzzled why I can declare a variable:
Class<List<String>> clazz;but I cannot assign a value to it as
clazz = List<String>.class;The compiler also complains about
Class<List<?>> clazz0 = List<?>.class;yet it has the nerve to warn about raw types when I give up and use
Class<List> clazz0 = List.class;Even using a dummy instance does not work.
        List<String> dummy = new ArrayList<String>();
        Class<List<String>> clazz1 = dummy.getClass();I only care because I've declared a method like
public String useless( Class<List<String>> unSetable){
  return  unSetable.getName();
}And now there seems to be no way to call it.

Answer 1

Hello chymes,
there is no way to get an instance of Class<List<String>> without at least one unchecked warning. Otherwise you could get away with the following:
List<Integer> ints = new ArrayList<Integer>();
Class<List<String>> clazz = List<String>.class;
List<String> strings = clazz.cast(ints);
strings.add("No Good");
int i = ints.get(0); // CCETherefore the only way to get it is via unchecked cast:
Class<List<String>> clazz = (Class<List<String>>) (Object) List.class;With kind regards
Ben