Reified generics in Java

reifiable.java

class ReifiableType<T> {
    final T value;
    final Class<T> type;

    public ReifiableType(T value, Class<T> type) {
        this.value = value;
        this.type = type;
    }
}

class SomeGenericClass<T extends ReifiableType> {
    public SomeGenericClass(T param) {
        System.out.println("I was constructed with a parameter of type " + param.type + "!");
        System.out.println("...where is your CLR now?");
    }
}

class ReifiableTest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ReifiableType<String> p = new ReifiableType<>("A string", String.class); // We assume the caller is honest
        new SomeGenericClass<ReifiableType<String>>(p);
    }
}