public final <R1 extends R> Invokable<T, R1> returning(TypeToken<R1> returnType) {
    if (!returnType.isSupertypeOf(getReturnType())) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Invokable is known to return " + getReturnType() + ", not " + returnType);
    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // guarded by previous check
    Invokable<T, R1> specialized = (Invokable<T, R1>) this;