*
   * <p>Java 8 introduced a new method {@code getAnnotatedBounds()} in the {@link TypeVariable}
   * interface, whose return type {@code AnnotatedType[]} is also new in Java 8. That means that we
   * cannot implement that interface in source code in a way that will compile on both Java 7 and
   * Java 8. If we include the {@code getAnnotatedBounds()} method then its return type means it

 *       these guarantees to be violated).
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h4>"Interfaces", not implementations</h4>
 *
 * <p>These are classes instead of interfaces to prevent external subtyping, but should be thought
 * of as interfaces in every important sense. Each public class such as {@link ImmutableSet} is a

 *       these guarantees to be violated).
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h4>"Interfaces", not implementations</h4>
 *
 * <p>These are classes instead of interfaces to prevent external subtyping, but should be thought
 * of as interfaces in every important sense. Each public class such as {@link ImmutableSet} is a

          .put(GenericDeclaration.class, Object.class)
          .put(Type.class, Object.class)
          .build();

  /**
   * type → implementation. Inherently mutable interfaces and abstract classes are mapped to their
   * default implementations and are "new"d upon get().
   */
  private static final ConcurrentMap<Class<?>, Class<?>> implementations = Maps.newConcurrentMap();

          .put(GenericDeclaration.class, Object.class)
          .put(Type.class, Object.class)
          .build();

  /**
   * type → implementation. Inherently mutable interfaces and abstract classes are mapped to their
   * default implementations and are "new"d upon get().
   */
  private static final ConcurrentMap<Class<?>, Class<?>> implementations = Maps.newConcurrentMap();

    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return paramString(interfaceType, identity);
    }
  }

  /** Subclasses can override to provide different return value for proxied interface methods. */
  @CheckForNull
  Object interfaceMethodCalled(Class<?> interfaceType, Method method) {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  private <T> T pickInstance(T[] instances, T defaultValue) {

 * @since 21.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class SpliteratorTester<E extends @Nullable Object> {
  /** Return type from "contains the following elements" assertions. */
  public interface Ordered {
    /**
     * Attests that the expected values must not just be present but must be present in the order
     * they were given.
     */
    void inOrder();
  }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // implementation is "fully variant"
    SupplierFunction<T> sf = (SupplierFunction<T>) SupplierFunctionImpl.INSTANCE;
    return sf;
  }

  private interface SupplierFunction<T extends @Nullable Object> extends Function<Supplier<T>, T> {}

  private enum SupplierFunctionImpl implements SupplierFunction<@Nullable Object> {
    INSTANCE;

  private static List<Object> subListCopy(Object[] source, int size) {
    final Object[] copy = new Object[size];
    System.arraycopy(source, 0, copy, 0, size);
    return Arrays.asList(copy);
  }

  private interface IteratorOperation {
    @Nullable Object execute(Iterator<?> iterator);
  }

  /**
   * Apply this method to both iterators and return normally only if both produce the same response.
   *

    implements Serializable {

  /**
   * Creates a new, empty multiset, sorted according to the elements' natural order. All elements
   * inserted into the multiset must implement the {@code Comparable} interface. Furthermore, all
   * such elements must be <i>mutually comparable</i>: {@code e1.compareTo(e2)} must not throw a
   * {@code ClassCastException} for any elements {@code e1} and {@code e2} in the multiset. If the