How get the correct generic type from Class.forName()?

Question

I have:
public class Test2 {
    void foo() throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Class<Test2> c = Class.forName("Test2");
}Of course, this doesn't compile:
javac -Xlint Test2.java
Test2.java:4: incompatible types
found   : java.lang.Class<capture#965 of ?>
required: java.lang.Class<Test2>
        Class<Test2> c = Class.forName("Test2");Other than casting to Class and suppressing the unchecked warning, how can I get the code to do what I think should be a common use case? I try
public class Test2 {
    void foo() throws ClassNotFoundException {
        Class<Test2> c = Class.forName("Test2").asSubclass(Test2.class);
}Which doesn't compile either:
javac -Xlint Test2.java
Test2.java:4: incompatible types
found   : java.lang.Class<capture#400 of ? extends Test2>
required: java.lang.Class<Test2>
        Class<Test2> c = Class.forName("Test2").asSubclass(Test2.class);Not sure I understand what the javac error is about.
Help!

Answer 1

kinmanc wrote:
This is just a simplified version of what I had. The name of the class being loaded is unknown at compile time, though it is known to implement an interface. Isn't this a common use case?Yes, its' quite common.