From c297fced95eda2be21047553e1ccd55d3edb66ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tatu Saloranta <tatu.saloranta@iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 15:29:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #76

---
 VERSION.txt                                            | 3 ++-
 pom.xml                                                | 2 +-
 src/main/java/com/fasterxml/classmate/GenericType.java | 7 ++++++-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/VERSION.txt b/VERSION.txt
index 1b71189..cccead2 100644
--- a/VERSION.txt
+++ b/VERSION.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Release notes:
 
 1.8.0 (not yet released)
 
--
+#76: Make `GenericType<T>` not implement `java.lang.reflect.Type`
+ (requested by @garretwilson)
 
 1.7.1 (26-Sep-2025)
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfcdd49..0979769 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </parent>
     <artifactId>classmate</artifactId>
     <name>ClassMate</name>
-    <version>1.7.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
     <description>Library for introspecting types with full generic information
         including resolving of field and method types.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/classmate/GenericType.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/classmate/GenericType.java
index 2b9723e..4defeb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/classmate/GenericType.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/classmate/GenericType.java
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@
  * NOTE: before version 1.6 implemented {@link java.io.Serializable}.
  * Removed due to
  * <a href="https://github.com/FasterXML/java-classmate/issues/73">issue #73</a>.
+ *<p>
+ * NOTE: before version 1.8 implemented {@link java.lang.reflect.Type}.
+ * Removed due to
+ * <a href="https://github.com/FasterXML/java-classmate/issues/76">issue #76</a>.
  */
 public abstract class GenericType<T>
-    implements java.lang.reflect.Type
+    // 05-Dec-2025, tatu: [classmate#76] Removed this from 1.8
+    //implements java.lang.reflect.Type
 {
     protected GenericType() { }
 }