}

  /**
   * Returns a fresh instance for {@code type} if possible. The returned instance could be:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>exactly of the given type, including generic type parameters, such as {@code
   *       ImmutableList<String>};
   *   <li>of the raw type;
   *   <li>null if no value can be generated.
   * </ul>
   */
  final @Nullable Object generateFresh(TypeToken<?> type) {

 * UnsupportedOperationException}.
 *
 * <h3>Implementations</h3>
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link ImmutableTable}
 *   <li>{@link HashBasedTable}
 *   <li>{@link TreeBasedTable}
 *   <li>{@link ArrayTable}
 *   <li>{@link Tables#newCustomTable Tables.newCustomTable}
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

     * <ul>
     * <li>{@code *} (since 2.0.5)= everything,</li>
     * <li>{@code external:*}  (since 2.0.9)= everything not on the localhost and not file based,</li>
     * <li>{@code external:http:*} (since 3.8.0)= any repository not on the localhost using HTTP,</li>
     * <li>{@code repo,repo1}  (since 2.0.9)= {@code repo} or {@code repo1},</li>

   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>If {@code index >= end}, {@link IndexOutOfBoundsException} is thrown.
   *   <li><b>If the character at the specified index is not a surrogate, it is returned.</b>
   *   <li>If the first character was a high surrogate value, then an attempt is made to read the
   *       next character.
   *       <ol>

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   * all references {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z} (any of which may be null):
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, x)} is true (<i>reflexive</i> property)
   *   <li>{@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, x)} each return the same result
   *       (<i>symmetric</i> property)
   *   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code

   * WritableByteChannel)}:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>Use sendfile(2) or equivalent. Requires that both the input channel and the output
   *       channel have their own file descriptors. Generally this only happens when both channels
   *       are files or sockets. This performs zero copies - the bytes never enter userspace.
   *   <li>Use mmap(2) or equivalent. Requires that either the input channel or the output channel

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This class is similar to {@link MoreExecutors#newSequentialExecutor}. This class is different
 * in a few ways:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Each task may be associated with a different executor.
 *   <li>Tasks may be of type {@code AsyncCallable}.
 *   <li>Running tasks <i>cannot</i> be interrupted. (Note that {@code newSequentialExecutor} does

   * the given {@code comparator}.
   *
   * <p>In detail, this method asserts
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li><i>reflexivity</i>: {@code comparator.compare(t, t) = 0} for all {@code t} in {@code
   *       valuesInExpectedOrder}; and
   *   <li><i>consistency</i>: {@code comparator.compare(ti, tj) < 0} and {@code
   *       comparator.compare(tj, ti) > 0} for {@code i < j}, where {@code ti =

 * actions taken by the java garbage collection system:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>invoking the {@code finalize} methods of unreachable objects
 *   <li>clearing weak references to unreachable referents
 *   <li>enqueuing weak references to unreachable referents in their reference queue
 * </ul>
 *