* }
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>{@code TypeToken} is serializable when no type variable is contained in the type.
 *
 * <p>Note to Guice users: {@code TypeToken} is similar to Guice's {@code TypeLiteral} class except
 * that it is serializable and offers numerous additional utility methods.
 *
 * @author Bob Lee
 * @author Sven Mawson
 * @author Ben Yu
 * @since 12.0
 */