Represents a generic type {@code T}. Java doesn't yet provide a way to represent generic types, so this class does. Forces clients to create a subclass of this class which enables retrieval the type information even at runtime.
For example, to create a type literal for {@code List}, you can create an empty anonymous inner class: {@code} TypeLiteral> list = new TypeLiteral>() ;} Assumes that type {@code T} implements {@link Object#equals} and{@link Object#hashCode()} as value (as opposed to identity) comparison.
@author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)