return collectTypes(ImmutableList.of(type));
    }

    ImmutableList<K> collectTypes(Iterable<? extends K> types) {
      // type -> order number. 1 for Object, 2 for anything directly below, so on so forth.
      Map<K, Integer> map = Maps.newHashMap();
      for (K type : types) {
        collectTypes(type, map);
      }
      return sortKeysByValue(map, Ordering.natural().reverse());