Java Programming

On the hibernate website I found some sample code of a generic DAO implementation.
However when I try to execute it, it throws the ClassCastException java.lang.Class cannot be cast to java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType

The sample code:

public interface GenericDAO<T, ID extends Serializable> {

    T findById(ID id, boolean lock);

    List<T> findAll();

    List<T> findByExample(T exampleInstance);

    T makePersistent(T entity);

    void makeTransient(T entity);
}

public abstract class GenericHibernateDAO<T, ID extends Serializable>
        implements GenericDAO<T, ID> {

    private Class<T> persistentClass;
    private Session session;

    public GenericHibernateDAO() {
        this.persistentClass = (Class<T>) ((ParameterizedType) getClass()
                                .getGenericSuperclass()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
     }

....

Any idea on what is going wrong?

Thanks