TypeVariable<?> noBound = withBounds(noBoundJvmType);
    TypeVariable<?> objectBound = withBounds(objectBoundJvmType, Object.class);
    TypeVariable<?> upperBound = withBounds(upperBoundJvmType, Number.class, CharSequence.class);

    assertEqualTypeVariable(noBoundJvmType, noBound);
    assertEqualTypeVariable(noBoundJvmType, withBounds(noBoundJvmType, Object.class));

 * @since 12.0
 */
/*
 * A nullable bound would let users create a TypeParameter instance for a parameter with a nullable
 * bound. However, it would also let them create `new TypeParameter<@Nullable T>() {}`, which
 * wouldn't behave as users might expect. Additionally, it's not clear how the TypeToken API could
 * support even a "normal" `TypeParameter<T>` when `<T>` has a nullable bound. (See the discussion

 * bound simply does not exist.
 *
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public enum BoundType {
  /** The endpoint value <i>is not</i> considered part of the set ("exclusive"). */
  OPEN(false),
  CLOSED(true);

  final boolean inclusive;

  BoundType(boolean inclusive) {
    this.inclusive = inclusive;
  }

  private static final ImmutableList<Range<Integer>> QUERY_RANGES;

  private static final int MIN_BOUND = -1;
  private static final int MAX_BOUND = 1;

  static {
    ImmutableList.Builder<Range<Integer>> queryBuilder = ImmutableList.builder();

    queryBuilder.add(Range.<Integer>all());

    for (int i = MIN_BOUND; i <= MAX_BOUND; i++) {
      for (BoundType boundType : BoundType.values()) {

  /**
   * Returns the value the specified class is mapped to, or {@code null} if no entry for this class
   * is present. This will only return a value that was bound to this specific class, not a value
   * that may have been bound to a subtype.
   *
   * <p>{@code getInstance(Foo.class)} is equivalent to {@code
   * getInstance(TypeToken.of(Foo.class))}.
   */

  /**
   * Returns the value the specified class is mapped to, or {@code null} if no entry for this class
   * is present. This will only return a value that was bound to this specific class, not a value
   * that may have been bound to a subtype.
   *
   * <p>{@code getInstance(Foo.class)} is equivalent to {@code
   * getInstance(TypeToken.of(Foo.class))}.
   */

     * <li>If <code>type</code> is a wildcard type, its (first) upper bound is returned.</li>
     * <li>If <code>type</code> is a type variable and is a key in the given map, its actual type argument is returned.</li>
     * <li>If <code>type</code> is a type variable and is not a key in the given map, its (first) upper bound is returned.</li>

   * otherwise.
   */
  private static @Nullable Type subtypeOfComponentType(Type[] bounds) {
    for (Type bound : bounds) {
      Type componentType = getComponentType(bound);
      if (componentType != null) {
        // Only the first bound can be a class or array.
        // Bounds after the first can only be interfaces.
        if (componentType instanceof Class) {

   * otherwise.
   */
  private static @Nullable Type subtypeOfComponentType(Type[] bounds) {
    for (Type bound : bounds) {
      Type componentType = getComponentType(bound);
      if (componentType != null) {
        // Only the first bound can be a class or array.
        // Bounds after the first can only be interfaces.
        if (componentType instanceof Class) {

 * bound simply does not exist.
 *
 * @since 10.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public enum BoundType {
  /** The endpoint value <i>is not</i> considered part of the set ("exclusive"). */
  OPEN(false),
  CLOSED(true);

  final boolean inclusive;

  BoundType(boolean inclusive) {
    this.inclusive = inclusive;
  }