*
   * @throws ExecutionException if a checked exception was thrown while loading the value
   * @throws UncheckedExecutionException if an unchecked exception was thrown while loading the
   *     value
   * @throws ExecutionError if an error was thrown while loading the value
   * @since 11.0
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(b/27479612): consider removing this

   *
   * @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);
  }

  /**

    if (isCancelled() | localInputFuture == null | localFunction == null) {
      return;
    }
    inputFuture = null;

    if (localInputFuture.isCancelled()) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      boolean unused =
          setFuture((ListenableFuture<O>) localInputFuture); // Respects cancellation cause setting
      return;
    }

    /*

    @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

        return o != null;
      }

      @Override
      public String toString() {
        return "Predicates.notNull()";
      }
    };

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe contravariant cast
    <T extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<T> withNarrowedType() {
      return (Predicate<T>) this;
    }
  }

  /**
   * @see Predicates#not(Predicate)
   */

    //                                                                          Validation
    //                                                                          ==========
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    /**
     * Creates a validator instance for form validation.
     * This method uses the system helper to create a validator with Fess-specific messages.
     *
     * @return a new action validator instance

public class UnmodifiableCollectionTests {

  public static void assertMapEntryIsUnmodifiable(Entry<?, ?> entry) {
    try {
      // fine because the call is going to fail without modifying the entry
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      Entry<?, @Nullable Object> nullableValueEntry = (Entry<?, @Nullable Object>) entry;
      nullableValueEntry.setValue(null);
      fail("setValue on unmodifiable Map.Entry succeeded");

    void sendWithRequestVarargsDelegates() throws Exception {
        // Verifies Request<T> overload forwards to the varargs form with a null response
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        Request<CommonServerMessageBlockResponse> req = mock(Request.class);
        CommonServerMessageBlockResponse resp = mock(CommonServerMessageBlockResponse.class);

        // Stub tree send for varargs

   */
  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;
      }
    }

    @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;
    }