* Returns a new array of the given length with the specified component type.
   *
   * @param type the component type
   * @param length the length of the new array
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Array.newInstance(Class, int)
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] newArray(Class<@NonNull T> type, int length) {
    return (T[]) Array.newInstance(type, length);
  }

  /**

   * input of type {@code C}.
   *
   * <p>The default implementation throws {@code NoSuchElementException}.
   *
   * @return the minimum value of type {@code C}; never null
   * @throws NoSuchElementException if the type has no (practical) minimum value; for example,
   *     {@link java.math.BigInteger}
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public C minValue() {

        final Class<?> rowClass = getActualClass(type, map);
        if (rowClass == null) {
            return null;
        }
        final ParameterizedClassDescImpl desc = new ParameterizedClassDescImpl(rowClass);
        final Type[] parameterTypes = getGenericParameters(type);
        if (parameterTypes == null) {

 * instance of that type. In addition to implementing {@code Map}, the additional type-safe
 * operations {@link #putInstance} and {@link #getInstance} are available.
 *
 * <p>Like any other {@code Map<Class, Object>}, this map may contain entries for primitive types,
 * and a primitive type and its corresponding wrapper type may map to different values.
 *
 * <h3>Implementations</h3>

    @Override
    public NetbiosAddress getNbtByName ( String host, int type, String scope ) throws UnknownHostException {
        return this.nscl.getNbtByName(host, type, scope);
    }


    @Override
    public NetbiosAddress getNbtByName ( String host, int type, String scope, InetAddress svr ) throws UnknownHostException {
        return this.nscl.getNbtByName(host, type, scope, svr);
    }


    @Override

        primitiveNameToClassMap.put(Boolean.TYPE.getName(), Boolean.TYPE);
        primitiveNameToClassMap.put(Character.TYPE.getName(), Character.TYPE);
        primitiveNameToClassMap.put(Byte.TYPE.getName(), Byte.TYPE);
        primitiveNameToClassMap.put(Short.TYPE.getName(), Short.TYPE);
        primitiveNameToClassMap.put(Integer.TYPE.getName(), Integer.TYPE);

     * @param <T> the type of the object associated to this key
     */
    final class Key<T> {

        private final Class<T> type;
        private final Object id;

        private Key(Class<T> type, Object id) {
            this.type = type;
            this.id = id;
        }

        public Class<T> type() {
            return type;
        }

        @Override

  }

  private static String paramString(Class<?> type, int i) {
    return type.getSimpleName() + '@' + i;
  }

  /**
   * Annotates a method to be the instance generator of a certain type. The return type is the
   * generated type. The method parameters correspond to the generated type's type parameters. For

                    TypeMetaData type = property.getMetaData().getType();
                    if (type.getName().equals("java.util.List")
                            || type.getName().equals("java.util.Collection")
                            || type.getName().equals("java.util.Set")
                            || type.getName().equals("java.util.Iterable")) {
                        type = type.getTypeArgs().get(0);

 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of functional types</a>.
 *
 * <h3>For Java 8+ users</h3>
 *
 * <p>This interface is now a legacy type. Use {@code java.util.function.Supplier} (or the
 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntSupplier}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions