* Cache}</a>, <a
 * href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/latest/com.github.benmanes.caffeine/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/LoadingCache.html">{@code
 * LoadingCache}</a>, <a

    return subtype;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this type is a supertype of the given {@code type}. "Supertype" is defined
   * according to <a
   * href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.5.1">the rules for type
   * arguments</a> introduced with Java generics.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   */
  public final boolean isSupertypeOf(TypeToken<?> type) {
    return type.isSubtypeOf(getType());

 * find it easier to use a framework. Frameworks automate the process, often adding features like
 * monitoring, debugging, and cancellation. Examples of frameworks include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a href="https://dagger.dev/producers.html">Dagger Producers</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>If you do chain your operations manually, you may want to use {@link FluentFuture}.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Nishant Thakkar
 * @author Sven Mawson

 * assigned characters, including important CJK characters and emoji.
 *
 * <p>Supplementary characters are <a
 * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#supplementary">encoded
 * into a {@code String} using surrogate pairs</a>, and a {@code CharMatcher} treats these just as
 * two separate characters. {@link #countIn} counts each supplementary character as 2 {@code char}s.
 *

 * assigned characters, including important CJK characters and emoji.
 *
 * <p>Supplementary characters are <a
 * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Character.html#supplementary">encoded
 * into a {@code String} using surrogate pairs</a>, and a {@code CharMatcher} treats these just as
 * two separate characters. {@link #countIn} counts each supplementary character as 2 {@code char}s.
 *