```fun main() { Foo<Int>::class } class...

# getting-started

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fun main() {
    Foo<Int>::class
}

class Foo<T>(val foo: T)

This results in a compiler error. How can I uniquely represent a generic type and a specific combination of type arguments? It’s okay for the workaround solution to be verbose; I want to make a compiler plugin.

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Use typeOf<Foo<Int>>() , which gives a KType , which has all the information you want

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Thank you!

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Because typeOf is inline reified , it doesn't have the problem of erased type parameters. It's what KotlinX.Serialization uses to know what you want to deserialize, for example

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That makes sense. I appreciate the explanation!