* @return the {@literal TypeOf} that captures the generic type of the given {@literal Type}
     */
    public static <T> TypeOf<T> typeOf(Type type) {
        return new TypeOf<T>(
            Cast.<ModelType<T>>uncheckedCast(
                ModelType.of(typeWhichCannotBeNull(type)))) {
        };
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a new parameterized type from a given parameterized type definition and an array of type arguments.

	nTypeSpec
	nTypeSwitchStmt
	nUnaryExpr
	nValueSpec
)

// typeOf returns a distinct single-bit value that represents the type of n.
//
// Various implementations were benchmarked with BenchmarkNewInspector:
//
//	                                                                GOGC=off
//	- type switch					4.9-5.5ms	2.1ms
//	- binary search over a sorted list of types	5.5-5.9ms	2.5ms
//	- linear scan, frequency-ordered list		5.9-6.1ms	2.7ms

		{"func(func(int, int))", reflect.TypeOf(func(func(int, int)) {}), false},
		{"int64", reflect.TypeOf(int64(1)), false},
		{"uint64", reflect.TypeOf(uint64(1)), false},
		{"*[4]int", reflect.TypeOf(&[4]int{}), true},
		{"chan int64", reflect.TypeOf(make(chan int64)), false},
		{"map[int]int", reflect.TypeOf(make(map[int]int)), true},
		{"string", reflect.TypeOf(""), true},

            [name: 'testExtension', type: new TypeOf<TestExtension>() {}]
        ]
    }

    def "only considers public type when addressing extensions by type"() {
        given:
        Integer number = 23
        storage.add typeOf(Number), 'number', number

        expect:
        storage.findByType(typeOf(Integer)) == null
        storage.findByType(typeOf(Number)) == number

	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.TypeMeta{}):             true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.ListMeta{}):             true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.ObjectMeta{}):           true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.OwnerReference{}):       true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.LabelSelector{}):        true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.GetOptions{}):           true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.ListOptions{}):          true,
	reflect.TypeOf(metav1.DeleteOptions{}):        true,

        }

        withBuildScript(
            """
            plugins {
                my
            }

            inline fun <reified T> typeOf(value: T) = typeOf<T>()

            println("closureExtension: " + typeOf(closureExtension))

            val casted = closureExtension as groovy.lang.Closure<*>
            println(casted.call("some"))
            """
        )

    @Test
    fun recognizesLambdaType() {
        assertEquals(typeOf<Int>(), customConfigureLambdas.getTypeConfiguredByLambda(typeOf<MyFunctionalInterface<Int>>()))
        assertTrue { customConfigureLambdas.isConfigureLambdaForType(typeOf<Int>(), typeOf<MyFunctionalInterface<Int>>()) }
        assertFalse { customConfigureLambdas.isConfigureLambdaForType(typeOf<String>(), typeOf<MyFunctionalInterface<Int>>()) }
    }

    @Test

                      bar: typeOf(Capability),
                      boo: typeOf(Child),
                      baz: new TypeOf<List<String>>() {},
                      cat: typeOf(Thing),
                      meo: typeOf(Thing)]
    }

    def "can configure extensions by name"() {
        given:
        container.add "foo", extension

        when:

        typeOf((Type) String) == new TypeOf<String>() {}
        parameterizedTypeOf(new TypeOf<List<?>>() {}, typeOf(String)) == new TypeOf<List<String>>() {}
        parameterizedTypeOf(new TypeOf<Map<?, ?>>() {}, typeOf(String), typeOf(Integer)) == new TypeOf<Map<String, Integer>>() {}
    }

    def "componentType is null on non-array types"() {
        expect:
        typeOf(String).componentType == null

			// Propagate types across binary ops that require two args of the same type.
			switch n.Op {
			case token.EQL, token.NEQ: // TODO: more cases. This is enough for the cftype fix.
				if typeof[n.X] != "" && typeof[n.Y] == "" {
					typeof[n.Y] = typeof[n.X]
				}
				if typeof[n.X] == "" && typeof[n.Y] != "" {
					typeof[n.X] = typeof[n.Y]
				}
			}
		}
	}
	walkBeforeAfter(f, before, after)
}