private String getGenericType(JType jType) { if (jType.erasure().name().equals("List")) { final String typeName = jType.fullName(); int start = 0; int end = typeName.length(); for (int i = 0; i < typeName.length(); ++i) { switch (typeName.charAt(i)) { case '<': start = i; break; case '>': end = i; break; } } // plus one for excluding '<' return typeName.substring(start + 1, end); } return jType.erasure().name(); }