Java – sun codemodel generic method

Does anyone know how to generate the following generic method declarations using codemodel:

public <T> T getValue(Class<T> clazz){...}

Usage:

ValueType value = getValue(ValueType.class);

It does not seem to be handled by the existing implmentation

I know I can handle the code as follows, but it requires a cast:

public Object getValue(Class class){...}

Usage:

ValueType value = (ValueType)getValue(ValueType.class);

Obviously, it's a bit confusing because of the cast

Solution

Use the object return type to create a method, generate a method, and then overwrite the return type

final JDefinedClass exampleClass = codeModel._class( "com.example.ExampleClass" );
final JMethod method = exampleClass.method( JMod.PUBLIC,Object.class,"getValue" );
final JTypeVar t = method.generify( "T" );
method.type( t );
method.param( codeModel.ref( Class.class ).narrow( t ),"type" );
method.body()._return(JExpr._null());