});
        }
    }

    private TypeMetaData extractTypeName(Type type) {
        TypeMetaData typeMetaData = new TypeMetaData();
        type.ifArrayType(arrayType -> typeMetaData.setArrayDimensions(arrayType.getArrayLevel()));
        extractElementTypeName(type.getElementType(), typeMetaData);
        return typeMetaData;
    }

          }
        }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  private static <T> T createEmptyArray(Class<T> arrayType) {
    // getComponentType() is non-null because we call createEmptyArray only with an array type.
    return arrayType.cast(Array.newInstance(requireNonNull(arrayType.getComponentType()), 0));
  }

  // Internal implementations of some classes, with public default constructor that get() needs.

        assertThat(returnClass, is(sameClass(Object.class)));
    }

    /**
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public void testArray() throws Exception {
        final Method m1 = ArrayType.class.getMethod("arrayOfStringClass");
        final Type t1 = m1.getGenericReturnType();
        final Type t2 = GenericsUtil.getElementTypeOfArray(t1);
        assertThat(GenericsUtil.getRawClass(t2), is(sameClass(Class.class)));

          }
        }
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  private static <T> T createEmptyArray(Class<T> arrayType) {
    // getComponentType() is non-null because we call createEmptyArray only with an array type.
    return arrayType.cast(Array.newInstance(requireNonNull(arrayType.getComponentType()), 0));
  }

  // Internal implementations of some classes, with public default constructor that get() needs.

        case ParameterizedType paramType -> getRawClass(paramType.getRawType());
        case WildcardType wildcard -> getRawClass(wildcard.getUpperBounds()[0]);
        case GenericArrayType arrayType -> {
            Class<?> rawClass = getRawClass(arrayType.getGenericComponentType());
            yield Array.newInstance(rawClass, 0).getClass();
        }
        case null, default -> null;
        };
    }

    /**

      }
      if (type instanceof TypeVariable) {
        return type;
      }
      if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
        GenericArrayType arrayType = (GenericArrayType) type;
        return Types.newArrayType(
            notForTypeVariable().capture(arrayType.getGenericComponentType()));
      }
      if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
        ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;

      }
      if (type instanceof TypeVariable) {
        return type;
      }
      if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
        GenericArrayType arrayType = (GenericArrayType) type;
        return Types.newArrayType(
            notForTypeVariable().capture(arrayType.getGenericComponentType()));
      }
      if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
        ParameterizedType parameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) type;

      if (read1 != read2 || !arraysEqual(buf1, buf2, read1)) {
        return false;
      } else if (read1 != BUFFER_SIZE) {
        return true;
      }
    }
  }

  // The Arrays.equals(<arraytype>, int, int, <arraytype>, int, int) methods were not added until
  // Java 9. This function is just returns the same result that
  // Arrays.equals(array1, 0, count, array2, 0, count) would. It assumes that both arrays have a

    assertFalse(
        from.getType() + " shouldn't be a subtype of " + to.getType(), from.isSubtypeOf(to));
  }

  private static void assertHasArrayInterfaces(TypeToken<?> arrayType) {
    assertEquals(arrayInterfaces(), ImmutableSet.copyOf(arrayType.getGenericInterfaces()));
  }

  private static ImmutableSet<TypeToken<?>> arrayInterfaces() {
    ImmutableSet.Builder<TypeToken<?>> builder = ImmutableSet.builder();

string, <code>&amp;s[i]</code> is invalid.
</p>


<h3 id="Array_types">Array types</h3>

<p>
An array is a numbered sequence of elements of a single
type, called the element type.
The number of elements is called the length of the array and is never negative.
</p>

<pre class="ebnf">
ArrayType   = "[" ArrayLength "]" ElementType .
ArrayLength = Expression .
ElementType = Type .
</pre>