* 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());
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this type is a supertype of the given {@code type}. "Supertype" is defined
   * according to <a