* would result in compilation failure if we directly refer to these classes.
       */
      Class<?> sharedSecrets = Class.forName(SHARED_SECRETS_CLASSNAME, false, null);
      Method langAccess = sharedSecrets.getMethod("getJavaLangAccess");
      return langAccess.invoke(null);
    } catch (ThreadDeath death) {
      throw death;

       * would result in compilation failure if we directly refer to these classes.
       */
      Class<?> sharedSecrets = Class.forName(SHARED_SECRETS_CLASSNAME, false, null);
      Method langAccess = sharedSecrets.getMethod("getJavaLangAccess");
      return langAccess.invoke(null);
    } catch (ThreadDeath death) {
      throw death;

    try {
      Class.forName("java.nio.file.Path");
      return new JavaNioCreator();
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException runningUnderAndroid) {
      // Try another way.
    }

    try {
      int version = (int) Class.forName("android.os.Build$VERSION").getField("SDK_INT").get(null);
      int jellyBean =
          (int) Class.forName("android.os.Build$VERSION_CODES").getField("JELLY_BEAN").get(null);

      return false;
    }
    try {
      Class.forName("com.google.appengine.api.utils.SystemProperty");
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      return false;
    }
    try {
      // If the current environment is null, we're not inside AppEngine.
      return Class.forName("com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy")
              .getMethod("getCurrentEnvironment")

  }

  private static boolean unsafeComparatorAvailable() {
    // See Java Puzzler #44
    // Use reflection instead of catching NoClassDefFoundError
    try {
      Class.forName(unsafeComparatorClassName());
      return true;
    } catch (Error | ClassNotFoundException tolerable) {
      /*
       * We're probably running on Android.
       *
       * A note on exception types:

    URLClassLoader shadowLoader = new URLClassLoader(parseJavaClassPath(), null);
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Class<WillBeUnloadedException> shadowClass =
        (Class<WillBeUnloadedException>)
            Class.forName(WillBeUnloadedException.class.getName(), false, shadowLoader);
    assertNotSame(shadowClass, WillBeUnloadedException.class);
    getChecked(immediateFuture("foo"), shadowClass);
    return new WeakReference<>(shadowLoader);

     * to do so.
     */
    static Comparator<byte[]> getBestComparator() {
      try {
        Class<?> theClass = Class.forName(UNSAFE_COMPARATOR_NAME);

        // requireNonNull is safe because the class is an enum.
        Object[] constants = requireNonNull(theClass.getEnumConstants());

    assertThat(invokableMethods).containsAtLeastElementsIn(accessibleObjectMethods);
    Class<?> genericDeclaration;
    try {
      genericDeclaration = Class.forName("java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration");
      ImmutableSet<String> genericDeclarationMethods =
          publicMethodSignatures(genericDeclaration, ImmutableSet.<String>of());

    URLClassLoader shadowLoader = new URLClassLoader(parseJavaClassPath(), null);
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Class<WillBeUnloadedException> shadowClass =
        (Class<WillBeUnloadedException>)
            Class.forName(WillBeUnloadedException.class.getName(), false, shadowLoader);
    assertNotSame(shadowClass, WillBeUnloadedException.class);
    getChecked(immediateFuture("foo"), shadowClass);
    return new WeakReference<>(shadowLoader);

      }
    };

    public abstract boolean isExpectedType(Throwable cause);
  }

  private static boolean annotatedTypeExists() {
    try {
      Class.forName("java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType");
    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

  private static final NullnessAnnotationReader NULLNESS_ANNOTATION_READER =