}
        }
      }
    }
    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.

          }
        }
      }
    }
    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.

      }
      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;

    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>