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> It'd be REALLY nice if I could just say "Hey handler, what's your generic type?

There are better ways of resolving type arguments, such as on Handler implementations, at runtime.

See https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools

[TheLoneWolfling]

Right. And now you're pushing what should be a compile-time error to runtime, and slowing down performance with runtime checks to boot.

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Indeed, but it allows library authors the ability to write nicer APIs without having to pass Class references around - they can be resolved.