classtag.scala

object Main {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val date = new Deserializer().deserialize[java.util.Date]("2014-02-15")
    val ints = new Deserializer().deserialize2[Int]("[1, 2, 3]")
  }
}

class Deserializer {
  import scala.reflect.{ ClassTag, Manifest }

  def deserialize[T](data: String)(implicit klass: ClassTag[T]): T = {
    val instance = klass.runtimeClass.newInstance().asInstanceOf[T]
    // deserialization magic
    instance
  }

  def deserialize2[T](data: String)(implicit m: Manifest[T]): Array[T] = {
    val arrayOfVals = new Array[T](10)
    // deserialization magic
    arrayOfVals
  }
}