public static TypeToken<?> of(Type type) {
    return new SimpleTypeToken<>(type);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the raw type of {@code T}. Formally speaking, if {@code T} is returned by {@link
   * java.lang.reflect.Method#getGenericReturnType}, the raw type is what's returned by {@link
   * java.lang.reflect.Method#getReturnType} of the same method object. Specifically:
   *
   * <ul>

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // Trying to test raw class
    TypeToken<List> tokL = new TypeToken<List>() {};
    assertTrue(tokL.isSupertypeOf(StringList.class));
    assertTrue(tokL.isSupertypeOf(StringList.class.getGenericInterfaces()[0]));

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // Trying to test raw class
    TypeToken<Second> tokS = new TypeToken<Second>() {};

      boolean sameComparator,
      Iterable<? extends Entry<? extends K, ? extends V>> entries) {
    // "adding" type params to an array of a raw type should be safe as
    // long as no one can ever cast that same array instance back to a
    // raw type.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<K, V>[] entryArray = (Entry[]) Iterables.toArray(entries, EMPTY_ENTRY_ARRAY);

      boolean sameComparator,
      Iterable<? extends Entry<? extends K, ? extends V>> entries) {
    // "adding" type params to an array of a raw type should be safe as
    // long as no one can ever cast that same array instance back to a
    // raw type.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Entry<K, V>[] entryArray = (Entry[]) Iterables.toArray(entries, EMPTY_ENTRY_ARRAY);

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // Trying to test raw class
    TypeToken<List> tokL = new TypeToken<List>() {};
    assertTrue(tokL.isSupertypeOf(StringList.class));
    assertTrue(tokL.isSupertypeOf(StringList.class.getGenericInterfaces()[0]));

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // Trying to test raw class
    TypeToken<Second> tokS = new TypeToken<Second>() {};