code: public static Class<?> getType(Object base, String p_expression) {
  		Method declaredField = getGetter(base, p_expression);
  		if (null != declaredField) {
  			return declaredField.getReturnType();
  		}
  		return null;
  	}
docs: Yields the type of the variable given by an expression.
  
  @param p_expression
  the expression
  @return the type (as class)