return ".";
    }

    // split the path apart
    Iterable<String> components = Splitter.on('/').omitEmptyStrings().split(pathname);
    List<String> path = new ArrayList<>();

    // resolve ., .., and //
    for (String component : components) {
      switch (component) {
        case ".":
          continue;
        case "..":
          if (path.size() > 0 && !path.get(path.size() - 1).equals("..")) {

  // safely publish these objects and we won't need this whole discussion.
  // TODO(user,lukes): consider adding volatile to all these fields since in current known JVMs
  // that should resolve the issue. This comes at the cost of adding more write barriers to the
  // implementations.

  private Futures() {}

  /**

    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Not supported. <b>You are attempting to create a multiset that may contain a non-{@code
   * Comparable} element.</b> Proper calls will resolve to the version in {@code
   * ImmutableSortedMultiset}, not this dummy version.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated <b>Pass a parameter of type {@code Comparable} to use {@link

   * ClosingFuture<List<Row>> rowsFuture =
   *     queryFuture.transformAsync((closer, result) -> result.getRowsClosingFuture(), executor);
   *
   * // Result.writeRowsToOutputStreamFuture() returns a ListenableFuture that resolves to the
   * // number of written rows. openOutputFile() returns a FileOutputStream (which implements
   * // Closeable).
   * ClosingFuture<Integer> rowsFuture2 =
   *     queryFuture.transformAsync(

        TypeToken.of(new TypeCapture<L>() {}.capture()));
    assertAssignable(TypeToken.of(new TypeCapture<L>() {}.capture()), new TypeToken<List<R>>() {});
  }

  public void testisSupertypeOf_resolved() {
    assertFalse(Assignability.of().isAssignable());
    assertTrue(new Assignability<Integer, Integer>() {}.isAssignable());
    assertTrue(new Assignability<Integer, Object>() {}.isAssignable());

    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Not supported. <b>You are attempting to create a multiset that may contain a non-{@code
   * Comparable} element.</b> Proper calls will resolve to the version in {@code
   * ImmutableSortedMultiset}, not this dummy version.
   *
   * @throws UnsupportedOperationException always
   * @deprecated <b>Pass a parameter of type {@code Comparable} to use {@link

 * make common reflective operation easier to deal with, such as {@link #isPublic}, {@link
 * #getParameters} etc.
 *
 * <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);