CURRENT = JAVA6;
      }
    }

    abstract Type newArrayType(Type componentType);

    abstract Type usedInGenericType(Type type);

    final ImmutableList<Type> usedInGenericType(Type[] types) {
      ImmutableList.Builder<Type> builder = ImmutableList.builder();
      for (Type type : types) {
        builder.add(usedInGenericType(type));
      }
      return builder.build();
    }

 * (also known as a MIME Type or Content Type). This class also supports the concept of media ranges
 * <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1">defined by HTTP/1.1</a>.
 * As such, the {@code *} character is treated as a wildcard and is used to represent any acceptable
 * type or subtype value. A media type may not have wildcard type with a declared subtype. The

    if (type.isArray()) {
      return createEmptyArray(type);
    }
    T jvmDefault = Defaults.defaultValue(Primitives.unwrap(type));
    if (jvmDefault != null) {
      return jvmDefault;
    }
    if (Modifier.isAbstract(type.getModifiers()) || !Modifier.isPublic(type.getModifiers())) {
      return arbitraryConstantInstanceOrNull(type);
    }
    final Constructor<T> constructor;
    try {

      if (types.length > 0 && mayNeedHiddenThis()) {
        Class<?>[] rawParamTypes = constructor.getParameterTypes();
        if (types.length == rawParamTypes.length
            && rawParamTypes[0] == getDeclaringClass().getEnclosingClass()) {
          // first parameter is the hidden 'this'
          return Arrays.copyOfRange(types, 1, types.length);
        }
      }
      return types;

   * input of type {@code C}.
   *
   * <p>The default implementation throws {@code NoSuchElementException}.
   *
   * @return the minimum value of type {@code C}; never null
   * @throws NoSuchElementException if the type has no (practical) minimum value; for example,
   *     {@link java.math.BigInteger}
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public C minValue() {

  private static void assertFreshInstances(Class<?>... types) {
    for (Class<?> type : types) {
      assertFreshInstance(type, 2);
    }
  }

  private static void assertFreshInstance(TypeToken<?> type) {
    assertFreshInstance(type, 3);
  }

  private static void assertFreshInstance(Class<?> type, int instances) {
    assertFreshInstance(TypeToken.of(type), instances);
  }

 * <i>type</i> offering meaningful behavioral guarantees. This is substantially different from the
 * case of (say) {@link HashSet}, which is an <i>implementation</i>, with semantics that were
 * largely defined by its supertype.
 *
 * <p>For field types and method return types, you should generally use the immutable type (such as

  static boolean isCheckedException(Class<? extends Exception> type) {
    return !RuntimeException.class.isAssignableFrom(type);
  }

  @VisibleForTesting
  static void checkExceptionClassValidity(Class<? extends Exception> exceptionClass) {
    checkArgument(
        isCheckedException(exceptionClass),
        "Futures.getChecked exception type (%s) must not be a RuntimeException",
        exceptionClass);

      return new ParameterizedType() {
        @Override
        public Type[] getActualTypeArguments() {
          return new Type[] {new TypeCapture<P>() {}.capture()};
        }

        @Override
        public Type getOwnerType() {
          return new TypeCapture<O>() {}.capture();
        }

        @Override
        public Type getRawType() {
          return new TypeCapture<T>() {}.capture();
        }

      return new ParameterizedType() {
        @Override
        public Type[] getActualTypeArguments() {
          return new Type[] {new TypeCapture<P>() {}.capture()};
        }

        @Override
        public Type getOwnerType() {
          return new TypeCapture<O>() {}.capture();
        }

        @Override
        public Type getRawType() {
          return new TypeCapture<T>() {}.capture();
        }