This constructor sets up a new GenericType object. The types of generics in which the target type parameter is resolved and the class declaring the generics are acquired from the genericType parameter.

public GenericType(Type genericType)

genericType

This is the java.lang.Type object that expresses the generics in which the type parameter is resolved.

None.

IllegalArgumentException

This exception is thrown if the genericType parameter is null, or if the genericType parameter is neither the java.lang.Class object nor the java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType object where the type declaring the parameter type is a class.

None.