* be declared as a {@code List}.
   *
   * <p>Note also that serialization is not in general required to return an object that is
   * {@linkplain Object#equals equal} to the original, nor is it required to return even an object
   * of the same class. For example, if sublists of {@code MyList} instances were serializable,
   * those sublists might implement a private {@code MySubList} type but serialize as a plain {@code

   * be declared as a {@code List}.
   *
   * <p>Note also that serialization is not in general required to return an object that is
   * {@linkplain Object#equals equal} to the original, nor is it required to return even an object
   * of the same class. For example, if sublists of {@code MyList} instances were serializable,
   * those sublists might implement a private {@code MySubList} type but serialize as a plain {@code