A DESCRIPTION OF THE REQUEST :
Class literals should contain be parametrized with a wildcard. There should be an analogy between an array creation and a class literal:

ArrayList<?> list=new ArrayList<?>[5];

Class<ArrayList<?>> listClass=ArrayList.class;

Software developers must go back to raw types when they want to use class literals. This feature must be enabled until generics work without erasure.


JUSTIFICATION :
When I want to implement this interface

public interface Transformator<A,B>  {
	Class<? extends A> inputProblem();
	Class<? extends B> outputProblem();
}

I can only do it now by

public class Foo implements Transformator<List,Map>

and not by

public class Foo implements Transformator<List<?,Map<?,?>>

which forces me to use raw types everywhere.

It doesn't make sence that wildcard arrays are allowed and wildcard class literals not.


EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
EXPECTED -
Class literals should be only, additionally or castable to a wildcarded type.
ACTUAL -
Class literals are of unparametrized types.

CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
No real workaround exists. Only a drawback: Working with raw types.