Get array class of generic type

I have a class with a generic type. import java.lang.reflect.Array;

public abstract class MyClass<T> {

    private Class<T> clazz;
    private Class<?> arrayClazz;

    public MyClass() {
        clazz = ClassUtils.getParameterizedClass(getClass());
        arrayClazz = Array.newInstance(clazz, 0).getClass();
    }
}

The Utils method reads the generic type of the given class so I don't have to pass the same class as a constructor parameter. What I'm trying to achieve is getting the array class of clazz.

For example if T is String then

clazz = String.class;
arrayClazz = String[].class;

I currently solved it by creating a new instance of T[] and reading its class. I wanted to know if there's a better way or if there are any downsides with this method.

Update

What I'm trying to do: I have a generic DataProvider which requests JSON from a server. I use GSON to parse the response.

public abstract class DataProvider<T> {

    private final Class<T> resourceClass;
    private final Class arrayClass;


    protected DataProvider() {
        this.resourceRootPath = resourceRootPath;
        this.resourceClass = ClassUtils.getParameterizedClass(getClass());
        arrayClass = Array.newInstance(resourceClass, 0).getClass();
    }

    public void get(String id) {
        ...
        T obj = gson.fromJson(response.body().charStream(), resourceClass)
        ...
    }

    public void list(String id) {
        ...
        T[] objs = gson.fromJson(response.body().charStream(), arrayClass)
        ...
    }
}