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)) {

            if (!PRIMITIVE_BY_CLASS.containsKey(fieldType)) {
                PRIMITIVE_BY_CLASS.put(fieldType, fieldType.isPrimitive());
            }

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

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

        // 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;
  }

            // 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)) {

                  + "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,

        }

        // use temporary Key as quick way to auto-box primitive types into their equivalent object types
        final TypeLiteral<?> boxedType =
                rawType.isPrimitive() ? Key.get(rawType).getTypeLiteral() : toType;

        for (final TypeConverterBinding b : typeConverterBindings) {
            if (b.getTypeMatcher().matches(boxedType)) {

    } else {
      return TypeToken.of(instance.getClass()).method(method);
    }
  }

  static boolean isPrimitiveOrNullable(Parameter param) {
    return param.getType().getRawType().isPrimitive() || isNullable(param);
  }

  private static final ImmutableSet<String> NULLABLE_ANNOTATION_SIMPLE_NAMES =
      ImmutableSet.of("CheckForNull", "Nullable", "NullableDecl", "NullableType");

    } else {
      return TypeToken.of(instance.getClass()).method(method);
    }
  }

  static boolean isPrimitiveOrNullable(Parameter param) {
    return param.getType().getRawType().isPrimitive() || isNullable(param);
  }

  private static final ImmutableSet<String> NULLABLE_ANNOTATION_SIMPLE_NAMES =
      ImmutableSet.of("CheckForNull", "Nullable", "NullableDecl", "NullableType");

  }

  private static void assertIsPrimitive(TypeToken<?> type) {
    assertTrue(type.isPrimitive());
    assertNotWrapper(type);
    assertEquals(TypeToken.of(Primitives.wrap((Class<?>) type.getType())), type.wrap());
  }

  private static void assertNotPrimitive(TypeToken<?> type) {
    assertFalse(type.isPrimitive());
    assertSame(type, type.wrap());
  }

  }

  private static void assertIsPrimitive(TypeToken<?> type) {
    assertTrue(type.isPrimitive());
    assertNotWrapper(type);
    assertEquals(TypeToken.of(Primitives.wrap((Class<?>) type.getType())), type.wrap());
  }

  private static void assertNotPrimitive(TypeToken<?> type) {
    assertFalse(type.isPrimitive());
    assertSame(type, type.wrap());
  }