Create instance of generic type in Java?

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You are correct. You can’t do new E(). But you can change it to

private static class SomeContainer<E> {
    E createContents(Class<E> clazz) {
        return clazz.newInstance();
    }
}

It’s a pain. But it works. Wrapping it in the factory pattern makes it a little more tolerable.

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