private final String name;
    private final ImmutableList<Type> bounds;

    TypeVariableImpl(D genericDeclaration, String name, Type[] bounds) {
      disallowPrimitiveType(bounds, "bound for type variable");
      this.genericDeclaration = checkNotNull(genericDeclaration);
      this.name = checkNotNull(name);
      this.bounds = ImmutableList.copyOf(bounds);
    }

    public Type[] getBounds() {

    final Object[] elements;
    final int[] counts;

    // "extends Object" works around https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework/issues/3013
    SerializedForm(Multiset<? extends Object> multiset) {
      int distinct = multiset.entrySet().size();
      elements = new Object[distinct];
      counts = new int[distinct];
      int i = 0;

      if (type == null) {
        Type[] bounds = var.getBounds();
        if (bounds.length == 0) {
          return var;
        }
        Type[] resolvedBounds = new TypeResolver(forDependants).resolveTypes(bounds);
        /*
         * We'd like to simply create our own TypeVariable with the newly resolved bounds. There's

    Counter c2 = new Counter(aa);
    Thread t1 = newStartedThread(c1);
    Thread t2 = newStartedThread(c2);
    awaitTermination(t1);
    awaitTermination(t2);
    assertEquals(SIZE * COUNTDOWN, c1.counts + c2.counts);
  }

  /** a deserialized serialized array holds same values */
  public void testSerialization() throws Exception {
    AtomicDoubleArray x = new AtomicDoubleArray(SIZE);

    Counter c2 = new Counter(aa);
    Thread t1 = newStartedThread(c1);
    Thread t2 = newStartedThread(c2);
    awaitTermination(t1);
    awaitTermination(t2);
    assertEquals(SIZE * COUNTDOWN, c1.counts + c2.counts);
  }

  /** a deserialized serialized array holds same values */
  public void testSerialization() throws Exception {
    AtomicDoubleArray x = new AtomicDoubleArray(SIZE);

    final Object[] elements;
    final int[] counts;

    // "extends Object" works around https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework/issues/3013
    SerializedForm(Multiset<? extends Object> multiset) {
      int distinct = multiset.entrySet().size();
      elements = new Object[distinct];
      counts = new int[distinct];
      int i = 0;

    return multiset(ImmutableMap.of(value1, count1, value2, count2));
  }

  private static <T> ImmutableMultiset<T> multiset(Map<T, Integer> counts) {
    ImmutableMultiset.Builder<T> builder = ImmutableMultiset.builder();
    for (Entry<T, Integer> entry : counts.entrySet()) {
      builder.addCopies(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
    }
    return builder.build();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that accumulates elements into a multiset created via the specified
   * {@code Supplier}, whose elements are the result of applying {@code elementFunction} to the
   * inputs, with counts equal to the result of applying {@code countFunction} to the inputs.
   * Elements are added in encounter order.
   *
   * <p>If the mapped elements contain duplicates (according to {@link Object#equals}), the element

    String reportItem(Item<?> item) {
      return item.toString();
    }
  }

  /**
   * A word about using {@link Equivalence}, which automatically checks for {@code null} and
   * identical inputs: This sounds like it ought to be a problem here, since the goals of this class
   * include testing that {@code equals()} is reflexive and is tolerant of {@code null}. However,

  }

  /**
   * Returns the given {@code template} string with each occurrence of {@code "%s"} replaced with
   * the corresponding argument value from {@code args}; or, if the placeholder and argument counts
   * do not match, returns a best-effort form of that string. Will not throw an exception under
   * normal conditions.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> For most string-formatting needs, use {@link String#format String.format},