Structurizr doesn't add a relationship between two components on pure generic usage

[Zaijo]

Hello,
I have an IndexController mentioning a class Item only in this form

private PageImpl<Item> createPageable(Pageable pageable)

Such mention is not sufficient to create a link in a diagram. On the other hand, adding a field of type Item works just fine.

Is there any known way how to solve this issue?

[simonbrowndotje]

Unfortunately not. The current implementations of the component finders use reflection, and Java's generic type erasure means this information isn't present in the byetcode. Something I do have planned for the future is to look at how jQAssistant works, and perhaps using that as the type repository implementation.

[Zaijo]

Well. Thanks!

And what would be the least intrusive method of making that link appear in diagram? Any ideas?

[Zaijo]

Adding an unused field would not pass out checkstyle, maybe a structurizr annotation?

[simonbrowndotje]

What is the Item class? Is it really a "component", or is just a Java class (e.g. a POJO) used by the IndexController component?