assertEquals(
        TypeToken.of(Object.class),
        TypeToken.of(Types.supertypeOf(String.class)).getGenericSuperclass());
    assertEquals(
        new TypeToken<Object>() {},
        TypeToken.of(Types.supertypeOf(String[].class)).getGenericSuperclass());
    assertEquals(
        new TypeToken<Object>() {},
        TypeToken.of(Types.supertypeOf(CharSequence.class)).getGenericSuperclass());
  }

    assertEquals(Types.subtypeOf(Number[].class), Types.newArrayType(wildcard));
  }

  public void testNewArrayType_lowerBoundedWildcard() {
    Type wildcard = Types.supertypeOf(Number.class);
    assertEquals(Types.supertypeOf(Number[].class), Types.newArrayType(wildcard));
  }

  public void testNewArrayType_serializable() {
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(Types.newArrayType(int[].class));
  }

    assertEquals(Types.subtypeOf(Number[].class), Types.newArrayType(wildcard));
  }

  public void testNewArrayType_lowerBoundedWildcard() {
    Type wildcard = Types.supertypeOf(Number.class);
    assertEquals(Types.supertypeOf(Number[].class), Types.newArrayType(wildcard));
  }

  public void testNewArrayType_serializable() {
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(Types.newArrayType(int[].class));
  }

    assertEquals(
        TypeToken.of(Object.class),
        TypeToken.of(Types.supertypeOf(String.class)).getGenericSuperclass());
    assertEquals(
        new TypeToken<Object>() {},
        TypeToken.of(Types.supertypeOf(String[].class)).getGenericSuperclass());
    assertEquals(
        new TypeToken<Object>() {},
        TypeToken.of(Types.supertypeOf(CharSequence.class)).getGenericSuperclass());
  }

      Type[] lowerBounds = wildcard.getLowerBounds();
      checkArgument(lowerBounds.length <= 1, "Wildcard cannot have more than one lower bounds.");
      if (lowerBounds.length == 1) {
        return supertypeOf(newArrayType(lowerBounds[0]));
      } else {
        Type[] upperBounds = wildcard.getUpperBounds();
        checkArgument(upperBounds.length == 1, "Wildcard should have only one upper bound.");

  }

  private static ImmutableList<Method> getAnnotatedMethodsNotCached(Class<?> clazz) {
    Set<? extends Class<?>> supertypes = TypeToken.of(clazz).getTypes().rawTypes();
    Map<MethodIdentifier, Method> identifiers = Maps.newHashMap();
    for (Class<?> supertype : supertypes) {
      for (Method method : supertype.getDeclaredMethods()) {
        if (method.isAnnotationPresent(Subscribe.class) && !method.isSynthetic()) {

      try {
        Method unused = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("writeReplace");
        continue; // It overrides writeReplace, so it's safe.
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        // This is a class whose supertypes we want to examine. We'll do that below.
      }
      Optional<Class<?>> supersWithPackagePrivateWriteReplace =
          FluentIterable.from(TypeToken.of(clazz).getTypes())
              .transform(TypeToken::getRawType)

      try {
        Method unused = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("writeReplace");
        continue; // It overrides writeReplace, so it's safe.
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        // This is a class whose supertypes we want to examine. We'll do that below.
      }
      Optional<Class<?>> supersWithPackagePrivateWriteReplace =
          FluentIterable.from(TypeToken.of(clazz).getTypes())
              .transform(TypeToken::getRawType)

 * object.
 *
 * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional} (JDK 8 and higher):</b> A new {@code Optional}
 * class was added for Java 8. The two classes are extremely similar, but incompatible (they cannot
 * share a common supertype). <i>All</i> known differences are listed either here or with the
 * relevant methods below.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>This class is serializable; {@code java.util.Optional} is not.

 * char}, {@code short}, {@code int}, {@code float}, {@code double}, and {@code long} values.
 *
 * <p><b>Note:</b> This class intentionally violates the specification of its supertype {@code
 * DataOutput}, which explicitly requires big-endian byte order.
 *
 * @author Chris Nokleberg
 * @author Keith Bottner
 * @since 8.0
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible