Is there a forName() for java.lang.reflect.Type?

Question

Is there an equivelant to Class.forName() for all types?
For example:forName("java.util.List<java.lang.Sring>");
//or
forName("int");Such a method would return a java.lang.reflect.Type, instead of return a java.lang.Class
See also
Field.getGenericType()
Method.getGenericReturnType()

Answer 1

incidentally, getGenericType() will give you the
generic type of the member being examined, not the
parameterized type.
that is, if I declare a method like this:
public <T extends MyInterface> T getStuff() {
}I won't be able to reflectively find out what types
of T are being used at runtime, only that it's of
type 'T'. of limited use really
Java's implementation of Generics isn't as good as it
could be, mainly to maintain backwards compatibiityYou are right in that case because that is not a ParameterizedType that is a TypeVariable.
Type can encompass both Types.