// operation) no overload can be selected in phase 1.  and in phase 2 it is ambiguous since it
    // matches with the second parameter being boxed and without it being boxed.  The cast to Object
    // avoids this.
    Preconditions.checkState(aBoolean, "", aBoolean ? "" : anInt, (Object) anInt);

    // ambiguous without the .booleanValue() call since the boxing forces us into phase 2 resolution
    short s = 2;

    // operation) no overload can be selected in phase 1.  and in phase 2 it is ambiguous since it
    // matches with the second parameter being boxed and without it being boxed.  The cast to Object
    // avoids this.
    Preconditions.checkState(aBoolean, "", aBoolean ? "" : anInt, (Object) anInt);

    // ambiguous without the .booleanValue() call since the boxing forces us into phase 2 resolution
    short s = 2;