How to retrieve the runtime class of generics

I'm about to generate an abstract class for DAOs, so I'm just wandering if it is possible to access generic type at runtime in method with signature public Collection<ENTITY> search().

Please, this is the class :

/**
 *
 * @author Upgrade <Salathiel Genese, Yimga Yimga at salathielgenese@gmail.com>
 * @param <ENTITY>
 */
public class DAO<ENTITY extends Entity>
        implements DAOAware<ENTITY>
{

    @Override
    public void delete(ENTITY entity)
    {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }

    @Override
    public ENTITY save(ENTITY entity)
    {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }

    @Override
    public ENTITY search(Long id)
    {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
    }

    @Override
    public Collection<ENTITY> search()
    {
        return this.getSession().createCriteria(ENTITY.class).list(); // How to retrieve the runtime class of ENTITY
    }

    protected Session getSession()
    {
        return this.sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
    }

    @Autowired
    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;

}