if (type.isArray()) {
      return createEmptyArray(type);
    }
    T jvmDefault = Defaults.defaultValue(Primitives.unwrap(type));
    if (jvmDefault != null) {
      return jvmDefault;
    }
    if (Modifier.isAbstract(type.getModifiers()) || !Modifier.isPublic(type.getModifiers())) {
      return arbitraryConstantInstanceOrNull(type);
    }
    final Constructor<T> constructor;
    try {

  private static <T> void setImplementation(Class<T> type, Class<? extends T> implementation) {
    checkArgument(type != implementation, "Don't register %s to itself!", type);
    checkArgument(
        !DEFAULTS.containsKey(type), "A default value was already registered for %s", type);
    checkArgument(
        implementations.put(type, implementation) == null,
        "Implementation for %s was already registered",

      } else if (type == char.class) {
        return (T) Character.valueOf('\0');
      } else if (type == byte.class) {
        return (T) Byte.valueOf((byte) 0);
      } else if (type == short.class) {
        return (T) Short.valueOf((short) 0);
      } else if (type == int.class) {
        return (T) Integer.valueOf(0);
      } else if (type == long.class) {
        return (T) Long.valueOf(0L);
      } else if (type == float.class) {

      return new ParameterizedType() {
        @Override
        public Type[] getActualTypeArguments() {
          return new Type[] {new TypeCapture<P>() {}.capture()};
        }

        @Override
        public Type getOwnerType() {
          return new TypeCapture<O>() {}.capture();
        }

        @Override
        public Type getRawType() {
          return new TypeCapture<T>() {}.capture();
        }

   * given types. Otherwise, it will be rethrown wrapped in a {@code RuntimeException}. <b>Note:</b>
   * Be sure to declare all of the checked exception types your try block can throw when calling an
   * overload of this method so as to avoid losing the original exception type.
   *

  public void testWhere_noMapping() {
    Type t = aTypeVariable();
    assertEquals(t, new TypeResolver().resolveType(t));
  }

  public void testWhere_typeVariableMapping() {
    Type t = aTypeVariable();
    assertEquals(String.class, new TypeResolver().where(t, String.class).resolveType(t));
  }

  public <T> void testWhere_indirectMapping() {
    Type t1 = new TypeCapture<T>() {}.capture();

  transient Class<K> keyTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;
  transient Class<V> valueTypeOrObjectUnderJ2cl;

  /**
   * Returns a new, empty {@code EnumBiMap} using the specified key and value types.
   *
   * @param keyType the key type
   * @param valueType the value type
   */
  public static <K extends Enum<K>, V extends Enum<V>> EnumBiMap<K, V> create(
      Class<K> keyType, Class<V> valueType) {
    return new EnumBiMap<>(keyType, valueType);
  }

 * <i>type</i> offering meaningful behavioral guarantees. This is substantially different from the
 * case of (say) {@link HashSet}, which is an <i>implementation</i>, with semantics that were
 * largely defined by its supertype.
 *
 * <p>For field types and method return types, you should generally use the immutable type (such as

 * <i>type</i> offering meaningful behavioral guarantees. This is substantially different from the
 * case of (say) {@link HashSet}, which is an <i>implementation</i>, with semantics that were
 * largely defined by its supertype.
 *
 * <p>For field types and method return types, you should generally use the immutable type (such as

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.meta.TypeQualifierDefault;

/**
 * Marks all "top-level" types as non-null in a way that is recognized by Kotlin. Note that this