List<Object> tentativeArgs = new ArrayList<>(args);
    tentativeArgs.set(i, alternateArg);
    return createInstance(factory, tentativeArgs).hashCode()
        == createInstance(factory, args).hashCode();
  }

  // distinctValues is a type-safe class-values mapping, but we don't have a type-safe data
  // structure to hold the mappings.

    List<Object> tentativeArgs = new ArrayList<>(args);
    tentativeArgs.set(i, alternateArg);
    return createInstance(factory, tentativeArgs).hashCode()
        == createInstance(factory, args).hashCode();
  }

  // distinctValues is a type-safe class-values mapping, but we don't have a type-safe data
  // structure to hold the mappings.