* use E... or E[] as a parameter type, but this doesn't seem to work because Java creates an
   * array of the erased type.
   */
  T create(Object... elements);

  /**
   * Helper method to create an array of the appropriate type used by this generator. The returned
   * array will contain only nulls.
   */
  E[] createArray(int length);

  /**

   * use E... or E[] as a parameter type, but this doesn't seem to work because Java creates an
   * array of the erased type.
   */
  T create(Object... elements);

  /**
   * Helper method to create an array of the appropriate type used by this generator. The returned
   * array will contain only nulls.
   */
  E[] createArray(int length);

  /**