TypeToken<List<String>> b = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {};
    assertEquals(a, b);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("TestExceptionChecker") // see comment below
  public <T> void testVariableTypeTokenNotAllowed() {
    /*
     * We'd use assertThrows here, but that causes no exception to be thrown under Java 8,
     * presumably because the ThrowingRunnable lambda triggers some kind of bug in Java 8's