@Override
    public Comparator<? super C> comparator() {
      return columnComparator();
    }

    int compare(Object a, Object b) {
      // pretend we can compare anything
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Comparator<Object> cmp = (Comparator<Object>) comparator();
      return cmp.compare(a, b);
    }

    boolean rangeContains(@Nullable Object o) {
      return o != null

     * @throws Exception
     */
    @Test
    public void testCopy_beanToNewMap_specificClass() throws Exception {
        final MyBean src = new MyBean();
        src.aaa = "aaa";
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        final Map<String, Object> dest = BeanUtil.copyBeanToNewMap(src, HashMap.class);
        assertThat(dest.get("aaa"), is((Object) "aaa"));
        final BeanMap dest2 = BeanUtil.copyBeanToNewMap(src, BeanMap.class);

     * Gets a component by its class type.
     * @param <T> The type of the component.
     * @param clazz The class of the component to retrieve.
     * @return The component instance.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public static <T> T getComponent(final Class<T> clazz) {
        try {
            return SingletonLaContainer.getComponent(clazz);
        } catch (final NullPointerException e) {

                !SearchRequestType.SEARCH.equals(searchRequestType) && !SearchRequestType.ADMIN_SEARCH.equals(searchRequestType);

        if (request != null) {
            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
            final Set<String> list = (Set<String>) request.getAttribute(USER_ROLES);
            if (list != null) {
                return list;
            }

            // request parameter

    @Override
    public boolean containsKey(@Nullable Object key) {
      return containsRow(key);
    }

    // performing cast only when key is in backing map and has the correct type
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    @Override
    public @Nullable Map<C, V> get(@Nullable Object key) {
      // requireNonNull is safe because of the containsRow check.
      return containsRow(key) ? row((R) requireNonNull(key)) : null;
    }

   *
   * @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);
  }

  /**

        assertEquals(25L, updated.get(FieldNames.QUERY_FREQ)); // 20 + 5
        assertEquals(20L, updated.get(FieldNames.DOC_FREQ)); // 10 + 10

        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        List<String> tags = (List<String>) updated.get(FieldNames.TAGS);
        assertTrue(tags.contains("existing"));
    }

    @Test
    public void testConcatValues() {

    }

    return builder.toString();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("CatchingUnchecked") // sneaky checked exception
  private static String lenientToString(@Nullable Object o) {
    if (o == null) {
      return "null";
    }
    try {
      return o.toString();
    } catch (Exception e) { // sneaky checked exception
      // Default toString() behavior - see Object.toString()
      String objectToString =

   */
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMultimap<K, V> copyOf(Multimap<? extends K, ? extends V> multimap) {
    if (multimap instanceof ImmutableMultimap) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe since multimap is not writable
      ImmutableMultimap<K, V> kvMultimap = (ImmutableMultimap<K, V>) multimap;
      if (!kvMultimap.isPartialView()) {
        return kvMultimap;
      }
    }

     *
     * @param session the HTTP session
     * @return the result document IDs cache map
     */
    private Map<String, String[]> getResultDocIdsCache(final HttpSession session) {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Map<String, String[]> resultDocIdsCache = (Map<String, String[]>) session.getAttribute(Constants.RESULT_DOC_ID_CACHE);
        if (resultDocIdsCache == null) {