Pass data type as parameter to function

I'm using GSON to parse JSON the following way:

var obj = Gson().fromJson( json, Array<MyDataModel>::class.java ).toList()

I would like to be able to pass the data type via method the following way:

fun convert( t : Any ) : Any
{
    return Gson().fromJson( mockedResponse, t ).toList()
}

val model = convert( Array<MyDataModel>::class.java )

but I get:

None of the following functions can be called with the arguments supplied

I also tried Type as the argument data type, but the same error persists. How can I pass the DataType to my convert method? Thanks!