ParameterizedClassDesc pcd = pd.getParameterizedClassDesc();
        assertThat(pcd.getRawClass(), is(sameClass(Map.class)));
        assertThat(pcd.getArguments().length, is(2));
        assertThat(pcd.getArguments()[0].getRawClass(), is(sameClass(String.class)));
        assertThat(pcd.getArguments()[1].getRawClass(), is(sameClass(Date.class)));

        pd = bd.getPropertyDesc("hege");

     */
    public static Class<?> getRawClass(final Type type) {
        return switch (type) {
        case Class<?> clazz -> clazz;
        case ParameterizedType paramType -> getRawClass(paramType.getRawType());
        case WildcardType wildcard -> getRawClass(wildcard.getUpperBounds()[0]);
        case GenericArrayType arrayType -> {
            Class<?> rawClass = getRawClass(arrayType.getGenericComponentType());

        assertArgumentNotNull("method", method);

        final Type[] parameterTypes = method.getGenericParameterTypes();
        return GenericsUtil.getRawClass(GenericsUtil.getElementTypeOfCollection(parameterTypes[position]));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the element type of the parameterized collection declared as the method's return type.
     *
     * @param method

     */
    public static Class<?> getElementTypeOfCollection(final Field field) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("field", field);

        final Type type = field.getGenericType();
        return GenericsUtil.getRawClass(GenericsUtil.getElementTypeOfCollection(type));
    }

    /**
     * Returns the key type of a parameterized map field.
     *
     * @param field a field of a parameterized map type (must not be {@literal null})

        final Method m1 = ArrayType.class.getMethod("arrayOfStringClass");
        final Type t1 = m1.getGenericReturnType();
        final Type t2 = GenericsUtil.getElementTypeOfArray(t1);
        assertThat(GenericsUtil.getRawClass(t2), is(sameClass(Class.class)));
        assertThat(GenericsUtil.getGenericParameter(t2, 0), is(sameClass(String.class)));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */