1. A system to process a reified generic, the system comprising: a memory device configured to store programming code in a first language, the programming code including a definition and an invocation of an interface method; and a processor configured to translate the programming code from the first language to a second language, generate a definition of a general dispatch method, generate definitions of special dispatch methods, each of the special dispatch methods corresponding to each primitive return type of the interface method, and generate an invocation of either the general dispatch method or one of the special dispatch methods based on a return type of the interface method.