Class instance of generic type T

Due to Type Erasure it is really difficult to get a Class<T> instance of T. Common solution is to supply the Class<T> object as constructor argument.

public class Foo<T> {
    Class<T> clazz;
    public Foo(Class<T> clazz) {
        this.clazz = clazz;
    }
}

Instantiate with new Foo<>(String.class);