* AnnotatedElement}, which {@code TypeVariable} began to extend only in Java 8. Those methods
   * refer only to types present under Android, so we could implement them in {@code
   * TypeVariableImpl} today. (We could probably then make {@code TypeVariableImpl} implement {@code
   * AnnotatedElement} so that we get partial compile-time checking.)
   *
   * <p>This workaround should be removed at a distant future time when <a

   * AnnotatedElement}, which {@code TypeVariable} began to extend only in Java 8. Those methods
   * refer only to types present under Android, so we could implement them in {@code
   * TypeVariableImpl} today. (We could probably then make {@code TypeVariableImpl} implement {@code
   * AnnotatedElement} so that we get partial compile-time checking.)
   *
   * <p>This workaround should be removed at a distant future time when <a

 * supported by future versions of this library. However, serial forms generated by newer versions
 * of the code may not be readable by older versions of the code (e.g., a serialized Bloom filter
 * generated today may <i>not</i> be readable by a binary that was compiled 6 months ago).
 *
 * <p>As of Guava 23.0, this class is thread-safe and lock-free. It internally uses atomics and