This is only partially true. Generic types are accessible through the reflection API. What you are referring to is type erasure. See for yourself: https://gist

This is only partially true. Generic types are accessible through the reflection API. What you are referring to is type erasure. See for yourself: https://gist.github.com/nicobn/8135faeda058fef5b6b9 https://gist.github.com/nicobn/8135faeda058fef5b6b9