if (actual == null && !formal.isPrimitive()) {
            return true;
        }

        // Check for identity or widening reference conversion
        if (formal.isAssignableFrom(actual)) {
            return true;
        }

        // Check for widening primitive conversion.
        if (formal.isPrimitive()) {
            if (formal == Short.TYPE && (actual == Byte.TYPE)) {

        }

        private boolean isQualifiedForInterpolation(Field field, Class<?> fieldType) {
            if (!PRIMITIVE_BY_CLASS.containsKey(fieldType)) {
                PRIMITIVE_BY_CLASS.put(fieldType, fieldType.isPrimitive());
            }

            if (PRIMITIVE_BY_CLASS.get(fieldType)) {
                return false;
            }

            return !"parent".equals(field.getName());
        }

        // Bounds after the first can only be interfaces.
        if (componentType instanceof Class) {
          Class<?> componentClass = (Class<?>) componentType;
          if (componentClass.isPrimitive()) {
            return componentClass;
          }
        }
        return subtypeOf(componentType);
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

        return new String(buf);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public <T> T convertIfNeed(final Object arg) {
        if (propertyType.isPrimitive()) {
            return (T) convertPrimitiveWrapper(arg);
        } else if (Number.class.isAssignableFrom(propertyType)) {
            return (T) convertNumber(arg);

            // to convert our primitive type signature to the
            // corresponding Object type so introspection for
            // methods with primitive types will work correctly.
            if (parameterType.isPrimitive()) {
                if (parameterType.equals(Boolean.TYPE)) {
                    methodKey.append("java.lang.Boolean");
                } else if (parameterType.equals(Byte.TYPE)) {

        // Bounds after the first can only be interfaces.
        if (componentType instanceof Class) {
          Class<?> componentClass = (Class<?>) componentType;
          if (componentClass.isPrimitive()) {
            return componentClass;
          }
        }
        return subtypeOf(componentType);
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

                if (InputLocation.class.equals(fieldType)) {
                    return false;
                }

                //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
                if (fieldType.isPrimitive()) {
                    return false;
                }

                return !"parent".equals(field.getName());
            }

            CacheItem(Class clazz) {

        if (type.isInstance(value)) {
            return true;
        }
        // likely Boolean -> boolean, Short -> int etc. conversions, it's not the problem case we try to avoid
        return ((type.isPrimitive() || type.getName().startsWith("java.lang."))
                && value.getClass().getName().startsWith("java.lang."));
    }

    private String stripTokens(String expr) {

                  + "Subscriber methods must have exactly 1 parameter.",
              method,
              parameterTypes.length);

          checkArgument(
              !parameterTypes[0].isPrimitive(),
              "@Subscribe method %s's parameter is %s. "
                  + "Subscriber methods cannot accept primitives. "
                  + "Consider changing the parameter to %s.",
              method,

        assertArgumentNotNull("toClass", toClass);
        assertArgumentNotNull("fromClass", fromClass);

        if (toClass == Object.class && !fromClass.isPrimitive()) {
            return true;
        }
        if (toClass.isPrimitive()) {
            fromClass = getPrimitiveClassIfWrapper(fromClass);
        }
        return toClass.isAssignableFrom(fromClass);
    }

    /**