}

  // Static factories

  /**
   * Returns an ordering based on an <i>existing</i> comparator instance. Note that it is
   * unnecessary to create a <i>new</i> anonymous inner class implementing {@code Comparator} just
   * to pass it in here. Instead, simply subclass {@code Ordering} and implement its {@code compare}
   * method directly.
   *

      if (!of(subtypeParam).is(supertypeArgs[i], typeVars[i])) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    // We only care about the case when the supertype is a non-static inner class
    // in which case we need to make sure the subclass's owner type is a subtype of the
    // supertype's owner.
    return Modifier.isStatic(((Class<?>) supertype.getRawType()).getModifiers())