This is because of the collections API of Java where generic types are not reified, they are not available at runtime .
In ES 2.1.1, use something like
public class MockNode extends Node {
public MockNode(Settings settings, List<Class<? extends Plugin>> classpathPlugins) {
super(InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(settings, null), Version.CURRENT, classpathPlugins);
}
public MockNode(Settings settings, Class<? extends Plugin> classpathPlugin) {
this(settings, list(classpathPlugin));
}
private static List<Class<? extends Plugin>> list(Class<? extends Plugin> classpathPlugin) {
List<Class<? extends Plugin>> list = new ArrayList<>();
list.add(classpathPlugin);
return list;
}
}