// being selected in phase 1
    Preconditions.checkState(boxedBoolean, "", (Object) boxedLong);

    // ternaries introduce their own problems. because of the ternary (which requires a boxing
    // operation) no overload can be selected in phase 1.  and in phase 2 it is ambiguous since it
    // matches with the second parameter being boxed and without it being boxed.  The cast to Object

    // being selected in phase 1
    Preconditions.checkState(boxedBoolean, "", (Object) boxedLong);

    // ternaries introduce their own problems. because of the ternary (which requires a boxing
    // operation) no overload can be selected in phase 1.  and in phase 2 it is ambiguous since it
    // matches with the second parameter being boxed and without it being boxed.  The cast to Object