Comparator<? super T> comparator,
      @ParametricNullness T lower,
      BoundType lowerType,
      @ParametricNullness T upper,
      BoundType upperType) {
    return new GeneralRange<>(comparator, true, lower, lowerType, true, upper, upperType);
  }

  private final Comparator<? super T> comparator;
  private final boolean hasLowerBound;
  private final @Nullable T lowerEndpoint;

  public static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> range(
      C lower, BoundType lowerType, C upper, BoundType upperType) {
    checkNotNull(lowerType);
    checkNotNull(upperType);

    Cut<C> lowerBound =
        (lowerType == BoundType.OPEN) ? Cut.aboveValue(lower) : Cut.belowValue(lower);
    Cut<C> upperBound =
        (upperType == BoundType.OPEN) ? Cut.belowValue(upper) : Cut.aboveValue(upper);
    return create(lowerBound, upperBound);

      for (int j = i; j <= MAX_BOUND; j++) {
        for (BoundType lowerType : BoundType.values()) {
          for (BoundType upperType : BoundType.values()) {
            if (i == j & lowerType == OPEN & upperType == OPEN) {
              continue;
            }
            builder.add(Range.range(i, lowerType, j, upperType));
          }
        }
      }
    }
    RANGES = builder.build();
  }

      Comparator<? super T> comparator,
      @ParametricNullness T lower,
      BoundType lowerType,
      @ParametricNullness T upper,
      BoundType upperType) {
    return new GeneralRange<>(comparator, true, lower, lowerType, true, upper, upperType);
  }

  private final Comparator<? super T> comparator;
  private final boolean hasLowerBound;
  private final @Nullable T lowerEndpoint;

   * those sublists might implement a private {@code MySubList} type but serialize as a plain {@code
   * MyList} to save space. So long as {@code MyList} has all the public supertypes of {@code
   * MySubList}, this is safe. For these cases, for which {@code reserializeAndAssert} is too
   * strict, use {@link #reserialize}.
   *
   * @return the re-serialized object

      try {
        Method unused = clazz.getDeclaredMethod("writeReplace");
        continue; // It overrides writeReplace, so it's safe.
      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        // This is a class whose supertypes we want to examine. We'll do that below.
      }
      Optional<Class<?>> supersWithPackagePrivateWriteReplace =
          FluentIterable.from(TypeToken.of(clazz).getTypes())
              .transform(TypeToken::getRawType)

   * those sublists might implement a private {@code MySubList} type but serialize as a plain {@code
   * MyList} to save space. So long as {@code MyList} has all the public supertypes of {@code
   * MySubList}, this is safe. For these cases, for which {@code reserializeAndAssert} is too
   * strict, use {@link #reserialize}.
   *
   * @return the re-serialized object

  public static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> range(
      C lower, BoundType lowerType, C upper, BoundType upperType) {
    checkNotNull(lowerType);
    checkNotNull(upperType);

    Cut<C> lowerBound =
        (lowerType == BoundType.OPEN) ? Cut.aboveValue(lower) : Cut.belowValue(lower);
    Cut<C> upperBound =
        (upperType == BoundType.OPEN) ? Cut.belowValue(upper) : Cut.aboveValue(upper);
    return create(lowerBound, upperBound);

   * returns a {@link FluentIterable} of elements of an anonymous type whose supertypes are the <a
   * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se25/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.9">intersection</a>
   * of the supertypes of {@code A} and the supertypes of {@code B}.
   */
  public void testConcatIntersectionType() {
    Iterable<A> aIterable = ImmutableList.of();