return new Joiner(separator);
  }

  /** Returns a joiner which automatically places {@code separator} between consecutive elements. */
  public static Joiner on(char separator) {
    return new Joiner(String.valueOf(separator));
  }

  private final String separator;

  private Joiner(String separator) {
    this.separator = checkNotNull(separator);
  }

  private Joiner(Joiner prototype) {

  }

  private static void checkNoOutput(Joiner joiner, Iterable<Integer> set) {
    assertEquals("", joiner.join(set));
    assertEquals("", joiner.join(set.iterator()));

    Object[] array = Lists.newArrayList(set).toArray(new Integer[0]);
    assertEquals("", joiner.join(array));

    StringBuilder sb1FromIterable = new StringBuilder();
    assertSame(sb1FromIterable, joiner.appendTo(sb1FromIterable, set));

        TimeUnit unit,
        Class<?> cls,
        Joiner joiner,
        Pattern pattern,
        UnsignedInteger ui,
        UnsignedLong ul,
        StringBuilder sb,
        Predicate<?> pred,
        Function<?, ?> func,
        Object obj) {
      delegate.foo(
          s, r, n, it, b, eq, e, in, c, ord, charset, unit, cls, joiner, pattern, ui, ul, sb, pred,
          func, obj);
    }

 *
 * @author Ben Yu
 */
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class Types {

  /** Class#toString without the "class " and "interface " prefixes */
  private static final Joiner COMMA_JOINER = Joiner.on(", ").useForNull("null");

  /** Returns the array type of {@code componentType}. */
  static Type newArrayType(Type componentType) {
    if (componentType instanceof WildcardType) {

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Ascii;
import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding.DecodingException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

  }

  @Generates
  <T> com.google.common.base.Optional<T> generateGoogleOptional(T value) {
    return com.google.common.base.Optional.of(value);
  }

  @Generates
  Joiner generateJoiner() {
    return Joiner.on(generateString());
  }

  @Generates
  Splitter generateSplitter() {
    return Splitter.on(generateString());
  }

  @Generates
  <T> Equivalence<T> generateEquivalence() {

import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;

import com.google.common.base.CharMatcher;
import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
import com.google.common.base.Equivalence;
import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
import com.google.common.base.Ticker;
import com.google.common.collect.BiMap;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
import static java.util.Arrays.asList;

import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Objects;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;

   * cases where {@link Collection#contains} might throw {@link NullPointerException} or {@link
   * ClassCastException}.
   */
  // <? extends @Nullable Object> instead of <?> because of Kotlin b/189937072, discussed in Joiner.
  public static boolean contains(
      Iterable<? extends @Nullable Object> iterable, @CheckForNull Object element) {
    if (iterable instanceof Collection) {
      Collection<?> collection = (Collection<?>) iterable;

import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.base.Ascii;
import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding.DecodingException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;