*
 * <p>In addition to convenience methods, {@link TypeToken#method} and {@link TypeToken#constructor}
 * will resolve the type parameters of the method or constructor in the context of the owner type,
 * which may be a subtype of the declaring class. For example:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * Method getMethod = List.class.getMethod("get", int.class);
 * Invokable<List<String>, ?> invokable = new TypeToken<List<String>>() {}.method(getMethod);

   * Returns the value the specified class is mapped to, or {@code null} if no entry for this class
   * is present. This will only return a value that was bound to this specific class, not a value
   * that may have been bound to a subtype.
   */
  @CheckForNull
  <T extends @NonNull B> T getInstance(Class<T> type);

  /**
   * Maps the specified class to the specified value. Does <i>not</i> associate this value with any
   * of the class's supertypes.

   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    // Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedMultisetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<E> naturalOrder = (Ordering<E>) Ordering.<Comparable<?>>natural();

    return new InstanceOfPredicate<>(clazz);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that evaluates to {@code true} if the class being tested is assignable to
   * (is a subtype of) {@code clazz}. Example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * List<Class<?>> classes = Arrays.asList(
   *     Object.class, String.class, Number.class, Long.class);