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  package org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect;
  
  import java.lang.reflect.Array;
  import java.lang.reflect.GenericArrayType;
  import java.lang.reflect.GenericDeclaration;
  import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
  import java.lang.reflect.Type;
  import java.lang.reflect.TypeVariable;
  import java.lang.reflect.WildcardType;
  import java.util.Arrays;
  import java.util.Collection;
  import java.util.Collections;
  import java.util.HashMap;
  import java.util.HashSet;
  import java.util.List;
  import java.util.Map;
  import java.util.Objects;
  import java.util.Set;
  import java.util.TreeSet;
  
  import org.apache.commons.lang3.AppendableJoiner;
  import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
  import org.apache.commons.lang3.ClassUtils;
  import org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils;
  import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
  import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.Builder;
  
  /**
   * Utility methods focusing on type inspection, particularly with regard to generics.
   *
   * @since 3.0
   */
  public class TypeUtils {
  
      /**
       * GenericArrayType implementation class.
       */
      private static final class GenericArrayTypeImpl implements GenericArrayType {
          private final Type componentType;
  
          /**
           * Constructs a new instance.
           *
           * @param componentType of this array type.
           */
          private GenericArrayTypeImpl(final Type componentType) {
              this.componentType = componentType;
          }
  
          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
              return obj == this || obj instanceof GenericArrayType && TypeUtils.equals(this, (GenericArrayType) obj);
          }
  
          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public Type getGenericComponentType() {
              return componentType;
          }
  
          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public int hashCode() {
              int result = 67 << 4;
              result |= componentType.hashCode();
              return result;
          }
  
          /**
           * {@inheritDoc}
           */
          @Override
          public String toString() {
              return TypeUtils.toString(this);
          }
      }
 
     /**
      * ParameterizedType implementation class.
      */
     private static final class ParameterizedTypeImpl implements ParameterizedType {
         private final Class<?> raw;
         private final Type useOwner;
         private final Type[] typeArguments;
 
         /**
          * Constructs a new instance.
          *
          * @param rawClass      type.
          * @param useOwner      owner type to use, if any.
          * @param typeArguments formal type arguments.
          */
         private ParameterizedTypeImpl(final Class<?> rawClass, final Type useOwner, final Type[] typeArguments) {
             this.raw = rawClass;
             this.useOwner = useOwner;
             this.typeArguments = Arrays.copyOf(typeArguments, typeArguments.length, Type[].class);
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
             return obj == this || obj instanceof ParameterizedType && TypeUtils.equals(this, (ParameterizedType) obj);
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public Type[] getActualTypeArguments() {
             return typeArguments.clone();
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public Type getOwnerType() {
             return useOwner;
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public Type getRawType() {
             return raw;
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public int hashCode() {
             int result = 71 << 4;
             result |= raw.hashCode();
             result <<= 4;
             result |= Objects.hashCode(useOwner);
             result <<= 8;
             result |= Arrays.hashCode(typeArguments);
             return result;
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public String toString() {
             return TypeUtils.toString(this);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * {@link WildcardType} builder.
      *
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static class WildcardTypeBuilder implements Builder<WildcardType> {
         private Type[] upperBounds;
 
         private Type[] lowerBounds;
 
         /**
          * Constructor.
          */
         private WildcardTypeBuilder() {
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public WildcardType build() {
             return new WildcardTypeImpl(upperBounds, lowerBounds);
         }
 
         /**
          * Specify lower bounds of the wildcard type to build.
          *
          * @param bounds to set.
          * @return {@code this} instance.
          */
         public WildcardTypeBuilder withLowerBounds(final Type... bounds) {
             this.lowerBounds = bounds;
             return this;
         }
 
         /**
          * Specify upper bounds of the wildcard type to build.
          *
          * @param bounds to set.
          * @return {@code this} instance.
          */
         public WildcardTypeBuilder withUpperBounds(final Type... bounds) {
             this.upperBounds = bounds;
             return this;
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * WildcardType implementation class.
      */
     private static final class WildcardTypeImpl implements WildcardType {
         private final Type[] upperBounds;
         private final Type[] lowerBounds;
 
         /**
          * Constructs a new instance.
          *
          * @param upperBounds of this type.
          * @param lowerBounds of this type.
          */
         private WildcardTypeImpl(final Type[] upperBounds, final Type[] lowerBounds) {
             this.upperBounds = ObjectUtils.getIfNull(upperBounds, ArrayUtils.EMPTY_TYPE_ARRAY);
             this.lowerBounds = ObjectUtils.getIfNull(lowerBounds, ArrayUtils.EMPTY_TYPE_ARRAY);
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
             return obj == this || obj instanceof WildcardType && TypeUtils.equals(this, (WildcardType) obj);
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public Type[] getLowerBounds() {
             return lowerBounds.clone();
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public Type[] getUpperBounds() {
             return upperBounds.clone();
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public int hashCode() {
             int result = 73 << 8;
             result |= Arrays.hashCode(upperBounds);
             result <<= 8;
             result |= Arrays.hashCode(lowerBounds);
             return result;
         }
 
         /**
          * {@inheritDoc}
          */
         @Override
         public String toString() {
             return TypeUtils.toString(this);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Ampersand sign joiner.
      */
     // @formatter:off
     private static final AppendableJoiner<Type> AMP_JOINER = AppendableJoiner.<Type>builder()
             .setDelimiter(" & ")
             .setElementAppender((a, e) -> a.append(toString(e)))
             .get();
     // @formatter:on
 
     /**
      * Method classToString joiner.
      */
     // @formatter:off
     private static final AppendableJoiner<TypeVariable<Class<?>>> CTJ_JOINER = AppendableJoiner.<TypeVariable<Class<?>>>builder()
         .setDelimiter(", ")
         .setElementAppender((a, e) -> a.append(anyToString(e)))
         .get();
     // @formatter:on
 
     /**
      * Greater than and lesser than sign joiner.
      */
     // @formatter:off
     private static final AppendableJoiner<Object> GT_JOINER = AppendableJoiner.builder()
             .setPrefix("<")
             .setSuffix(">")
             .setDelimiter(", ")
             .setElementAppender((a, e) -> a.append(anyToString(e)))
             .get();
     // @formatter:on
 
     /**
      * A wildcard instance matching {@code ?}.
      *
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final WildcardType WILDCARD_ALL = wildcardType().withUpperBounds(Object.class).build();
 
     private static <T> String anyToString(final T object) {
         return object instanceof Type ? toString((Type) object) : object.toString();
     }
 
     private static void appendRecursiveTypes(final StringBuilder builder, final int[] recursiveTypeIndexes, final Type[] argumentTypes) {
         for (final Type type : argumentTypes) {
             // toString() or you get a SO
             GT_JOINER.join(builder, Objects.toString(type));
         }
         final Type[] argumentsFiltered = ArrayUtils.removeAll(argumentTypes, recursiveTypeIndexes);
         if (argumentsFiltered.length > 0) {
             GT_JOINER.join(builder, (Object[]) argumentsFiltered);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a {@link Class} as a {@link String}.
      *
      * @param cls {@link Class} to format.
      * @return The class as a String.
      */
     private static <T> String classToString(final Class<T> cls) {
         if (cls.isArray()) {
             return toString(cls.getComponentType()) + "[]";
         }
         if (isCyclical(cls)) {
             return cls.getSimpleName() + "(cycle)";
         }
         final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
         if (cls.getEnclosingClass() != null) {
             buf.append(classToString(cls.getEnclosingClass())).append('.').append(cls.getSimpleName());
         } else {
             buf.append(cls.getName());
         }
         if (cls.getTypeParameters().length > 0) {
             GT_JOINER.join(buf, (Object[]) cls.getTypeParameters());
         }
         return buf.toString();
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests, recursively, whether any of the type parameters associated with {@code type} are bound to variables.
      *
      * @param type The type to check for type variables.
      * @return Whether any of the type parameters associated with {@code type} are bound to variables.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static boolean containsTypeVariables(final Type type) {
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             return true;
         }
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             return ((Class<?>) type).getTypeParameters().length > 0;
         }
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             for (final Type arg : ((ParameterizedType) type).getActualTypeArguments()) {
                 if (containsTypeVariables(arg)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
             return false;
         }
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             final WildcardType wild = (WildcardType) type;
             return containsTypeVariables(getImplicitLowerBounds(wild)[0]) || containsTypeVariables(getImplicitUpperBounds(wild)[0]);
         }
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return containsTypeVariables(((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType());
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     private static boolean containsVariableTypeSameParametrizedTypeBound(final TypeVariable<?> typeVariable, final ParameterizedType parameterizedType) {
         return ArrayUtils.contains(typeVariable.getBounds(), parameterizedType);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tries to determine the type arguments of a class/interface based on a super parameterized type's type arguments. This method is the inverse of
      * {@link #getTypeArguments(Type, Class)} which gets a class/interface's type arguments based on a subtype. It is far more limited in determining the type
      * arguments for the subject class's type variables in that it can only determine those parameters that map from the subject {@link Class} object to the
      * supertype.
      *
      * <p>
      * Example: {@link java.util.TreeSet TreeSet} sets its parameter as the parameter for {@link java.util.NavigableSet NavigableSet}, which in turn sets the
      * parameter of {@link java.util.SortedSet}, which in turn sets the parameter of {@link Set}, which in turn sets the parameter of
      * {@link java.util.Collection}, which in turn sets the parameter of {@link Iterable}. Since {@link TreeSet}'s parameter maps (indirectly) to
      * {@link Iterable}'s parameter, it will be able to determine that based on the super type {@code Iterable<? extends
      * Map<Integer, ? extends Collection<?>>>}, the parameter of {@link TreeSet} is {@code ? extends Map<Integer, ? extends
      * Collection<?>>}.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param cls                    the class whose type parameters are to be determined, not {@code null}.
      * @param superParameterizedType the super type from which {@code cls}'s type arguments are to be determined, not {@code null}.
      * @return a {@link Map} of the type assignments that could be determined for the type variables in each type in the inheritance hierarchy from {@code type}
      *         to {@code toClass} inclusive.
      * @throws NullPointerException if either {@code cls} or {@code superParameterizedType} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> determineTypeArguments(final Class<?> cls, final ParameterizedType superParameterizedType) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(cls, "cls");
         Objects.requireNonNull(superParameterizedType, "superParameterizedType");
         final Class<?> superClass = getRawType(superParameterizedType);
         // compatibility check
         if (!isAssignable(cls, superClass)) {
             return null;
         }
         if (cls.equals(superClass)) {
             return getTypeArguments(superParameterizedType, superClass, null);
         }
         // get the next class in the inheritance hierarchy
         final Type midType = getClosestParentType(cls, superClass);
         // can only be a class or a parameterized type
         if (midType instanceof Class<?>) {
             return determineTypeArguments((Class<?>) midType, superParameterizedType);
         }
         final ParameterizedType midParameterizedType = (ParameterizedType) midType;
         final Class<?> midClass = getRawType(midParameterizedType);
         // get the type variables of the mid class that map to the type
         // arguments of the super class
         final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns = determineTypeArguments(midClass, superParameterizedType);
         // map the arguments of the mid type to the class type variables
         mapTypeVariablesToArguments(cls, midParameterizedType, typeVarAssigns);
         return typeVarAssigns;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether {@code t} equals {@code a}.
      *
      * @param genericArrayType LHS.
      * @param type             RHS.
      * @return boolean.
      */
     private static boolean equals(final GenericArrayType genericArrayType, final Type type) {
         return type instanceof GenericArrayType && equals(genericArrayType.getGenericComponentType(), ((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType());
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether {@code t} equals {@code p}.
      *
      * @param parameterizedType LHS.
      * @param type              RHS.
      * @return boolean.
      */
     private static boolean equals(final ParameterizedType parameterizedType, final Type type) {
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             final ParameterizedType other = (ParameterizedType) type;
             if (equals(parameterizedType.getRawType(), other.getRawType()) && equals(parameterizedType.getOwnerType(), other.getOwnerType())) {
                 return equals(parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments(), other.getActualTypeArguments());
             }
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether the given types are equal.
      *
      * @param type1 The first type.
      * @param type2 The second type.
      * @return Whether the given types are equal.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static boolean equals(final Type type1, final Type type2) {
         if (Objects.equals(type1, type2)) {
             return true;
         }
         if (type1 instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             return equals((ParameterizedType) type1, type2);
         }
         if (type1 instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return equals((GenericArrayType) type1, type2);
         }
         if (type1 instanceof WildcardType) {
             return equals((WildcardType) type1, type2);
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether the given type arrays are equal.
      *
      * @param type1 LHS.
      * @param type2 RHS.
      * @return Whether the given type arrays are equal.
      */
     private static boolean equals(final Type[] type1, final Type[] type2) {
         if (type1.length == type2.length) {
             for (int i = 0; i < type1.length; i++) {
                 if (!equals(type1[i], type2[i])) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
             return true;
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether {@code wildcardType} equals {@code type}.
      *
      * @param wildcardType LHS.
      * @param type         RHS.
      * @return Whether {@code wildcardType} equals {@code type}.
      */
     private static boolean equals(final WildcardType wildcardType, final Type type) {
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             final WildcardType other = (WildcardType) type;
             return equals(getImplicitLowerBounds(wildcardType), getImplicitLowerBounds(other))
                     && equals(getImplicitUpperBounds(wildcardType), getImplicitUpperBounds(other));
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Helper method to establish the formal parameters for a parameterized type.
      *
      * @param mappings  map containing the assignments.
      * @param variables expected map keys.
      * @return array of map values corresponding to specified keys.
      */
     private static Type[] extractTypeArgumentsFrom(final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> mappings, final TypeVariable<?>[] variables) {
         final Type[] result = new Type[variables.length];
         int index = 0;
         for (final TypeVariable<?> var : variables) {
             Validate.isTrue(mappings.containsKey(var), () -> String.format("missing argument mapping for %s", toString(var)));
             result[index++] = mappings.get(var);
         }
         return result;
     }
 
     private static int[] findRecursiveTypes(final ParameterizedType parameterizedType) {
         final Type[] filteredArgumentTypes = Arrays.copyOf(parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments(), parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments().length);
         int[] indexesToRemove = {};
         for (int i = 0; i < filteredArgumentTypes.length; i++) {
             if (filteredArgumentTypes[i] instanceof TypeVariable<?>
                     && containsVariableTypeSameParametrizedTypeBound((TypeVariable<?>) filteredArgumentTypes[i], parameterizedType)) {
                 indexesToRemove = ArrayUtils.add(indexesToRemove, i);
             }
         }
         return indexesToRemove;
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a generic array type instance.
      *
      * @param componentType the type of the elements of the array. For example the component type of {@code boolean[]} is {@code boolean}.
      * @return {@link GenericArrayType}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static GenericArrayType genericArrayType(final Type componentType) {
         return new GenericArrayTypeImpl(Objects.requireNonNull(componentType, "componentType"));
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a {@link GenericArrayType} as a {@link String}.
      *
      * @param genericArrayType {@link GenericArrayType} to format.
      * @return String.
      */
     private static String genericArrayTypeToString(final GenericArrayType genericArrayType) {
         return String.format("%s[]", toString(genericArrayType.getGenericComponentType()));
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the array component type of {@code type}.
      *
      * @param type the type to be checked.
      * @return component type or null if type is not an array type.
      */
     public static Type getArrayComponentType(final Type type) {
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             final Class<?> cls = (Class<?>) type;
             return cls.isArray() ? cls.getComponentType() : null;
         }
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return ((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType();
         }
         return null;
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the closest parent type to the super class specified by {@code superClass}.
      *
      * @param cls        the class in question.
      * @param superClass the super class.
      * @return the closes parent type.
      */
     private static Type getClosestParentType(final Class<?> cls, final Class<?> superClass) {
         // only look at the interfaces if the super class is also an interface
         if (superClass.isInterface()) {
             // get the generic interfaces of the subject class
             final Type[] interfaceTypes = cls.getGenericInterfaces();
             // will hold the best generic interface match found
             Type genericInterface = null;
             // find the interface closest to the super class
             for (final Type midType : interfaceTypes) {
                 final Class<?> midClass;
                 if (midType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
                     midClass = getRawType((ParameterizedType) midType);
                 } else if (midType instanceof Class<?>) {
                     midClass = (Class<?>) midType;
                 } else {
                     throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected generic interface type found: " + midType);
                 }
                 // check if this interface is further up the inheritance chain
                 // than the previously found match
                 if (isAssignable(midClass, superClass) && isAssignable(genericInterface, (Type) midClass)) {
                     genericInterface = midType;
                 }
             }
             // found a match?
             if (genericInterface != null) {
                 return genericInterface;
             }
         }
         // none of the interfaces were descendants of the target class, so the
         // super class has to be one, instead
         return cls.getGenericSuperclass();
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets an array containing the sole type of {@link Object} if {@link TypeVariable#getBounds()} returns an empty array. Otherwise, it returns the result of
      * {@link TypeVariable#getBounds()} passed into {@link #normalizeUpperBounds}.
      *
      * @param typeVariable the subject type variable, not {@code null}.
      * @return a non-empty array containing the bounds of the type variable, which could be {@link Object}.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code typeVariable} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static Type[] getImplicitBounds(final TypeVariable<?> typeVariable) {
         return normalizeUpperToObject(Objects.requireNonNull(typeVariable, "typeVariable").getBounds());
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets an array containing a single value of {@code null} if {@link WildcardType#getLowerBounds()} returns an empty array. Otherwise, it returns the result
      * of {@link WildcardType#getLowerBounds()}.
      *
      * @param wildcardType the subject wildcard type, not {@code null}.
      * @return a non-empty array containing the lower bounds of the wildcard type, which could be null.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code wildcardType} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static Type[] getImplicitLowerBounds(final WildcardType wildcardType) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(wildcardType, "wildcardType");
         final Type[] bounds = wildcardType.getLowerBounds();
         return bounds.length == 0 ? new Type[] { null } : bounds;
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets an array containing the sole value of {@link Object} if {@link WildcardType#getUpperBounds()} returns an empty array. Otherwise, it returns the
      * result of {@link WildcardType#getUpperBounds()} passed into {@link #normalizeUpperBounds}.
      *
      * @param wildcardType the subject wildcard type, not {@code null}.
      * @return a non-empty array containing the upper bounds of the wildcard type.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code wildcardType} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static Type[] getImplicitUpperBounds(final WildcardType wildcardType) {
         return normalizeUpperToObject(Objects.requireNonNull(wildcardType, "wildcardType").getUpperBounds());
     }
 
     /**
      * Transforms the passed in type to a {@link Class} object. Type-checking method of convenience.
      *
      * @param parameterizedType the type to be converted.
      * @return the corresponding {@link Class} object.
      * @throws IllegalStateException if the conversion fails.
      */
     private static Class<?> getRawType(final ParameterizedType parameterizedType) {
         final Type rawType = parameterizedType.getRawType();
         // check if raw type is a Class object
         // not currently necessary, but since the return type is Type instead of
         // Class, there's enough reason to believe that future versions of Java
         // may return other Type implementations. And type-safety checking is
         // rarely a bad idea.
         if (!(rawType instanceof Class<?>)) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Type of rawType: " + rawType);
         }
         return (Class<?>) rawType;
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the raw type of a Java type, given its context. Primarily for use with {@link TypeVariable}s and {@link GenericArrayType}s, or when you do not know
      * the runtime type of {@code type}: if you know you have a {@link Class} instance, it is already raw; if you know you have a {@link ParameterizedType}, its
      * raw type is only a method call away.
      *
      * @param type          to resolve.
      * @param assigningType type to be resolved against.
      * @return the resolved {@link Class} object or {@code null} if the type could not be resolved.
      */
     public static Class<?> getRawType(final Type type, final Type assigningType) {
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             // it is raw, no problem
             return (Class<?>) type;
         }
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             // simple enough to get the raw type of a ParameterizedType
             return getRawType((ParameterizedType) type);
         }
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             if (assigningType == null) {
                 return null;
             }
             // get the entity declaring this type variable
             final Object genericDeclaration = ((TypeVariable<?>) type).getGenericDeclaration();
             // can't get the raw type of a method- or constructor-declared type
             // variable
             if (!(genericDeclaration instanceof Class<?>)) {
                 return null;
             }
             // get the type arguments for the declaring class/interface based
             // on the enclosing type
             final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns = getTypeArguments(assigningType, (Class<?>) genericDeclaration);
             // enclosingType has to be a subclass (or subinterface) of the
             // declaring type
             if (typeVarAssigns == null) {
                 return null;
             }
             // get the argument assigned to this type variable
             final Type typeArgument = typeVarAssigns.get(type);
             if (typeArgument == null) {
                 return null;
             }
             // get the argument for this type variable
             return getRawType(typeArgument, assigningType);
         }
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             // get raw component type
             final Class<?> rawComponentType = getRawType(((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType(), assigningType);
             // create array type from raw component type and return its class
             return rawComponentType != null ? Array.newInstance(rawComponentType, 0).getClass() : null;
         }
         // (hand-waving) this is not the method you're looking for
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             return null;
         }
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("unknown type: " + type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets a map of the type arguments of a class in the context of {@code toClass}.
      *
      * @param cls               the class in question.
      * @param toClass           the context class.
      * @param subtypeVarAssigns a map with type variables.
      * @return the {@link Map} with type arguments.
      */
     private static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> getTypeArguments(Class<?> cls, final Class<?> toClass, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> subtypeVarAssigns) {
         // make sure they're assignable
         if (!isAssignable(cls, toClass)) {
             return null;
         }
         // can't work with primitives
         if (cls.isPrimitive()) {
             // both classes are primitives?
             if (toClass.isPrimitive()) {
                 // dealing with widening here. No type arguments to be
                 // harvested with these two types.
                 return new HashMap<>();
             }
             // work with wrapper the wrapper class instead of the primitive
             cls = ClassUtils.primitiveToWrapper(cls);
         }
         // create a copy of the incoming map, or an empty one if it's null
         final HashMap<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns = subtypeVarAssigns == null ? new HashMap<>() : new HashMap<>(subtypeVarAssigns);
         // has target class been reached?
         if (toClass.equals(cls)) {
             return typeVarAssigns;
         }
         // walk the inheritance hierarchy until the target class is reached
         return getTypeArguments(getClosestParentType(cls, toClass), toClass, typeVarAssigns);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets all the type arguments for this parameterized type including owner hierarchy arguments such as {@code Outer<K, V>.Inner<T>.DeepInner<E>} . The
      * arguments are returned in a {@link Map} specifying the argument type for each {@link TypeVariable}.
      *
      * @param type specifies the subject parameterized type from which to harvest the parameters.
      * @return a {@link Map} of the type arguments to their respective type variables.
      */
     public static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> getTypeArguments(final ParameterizedType type) {
         return getTypeArguments(type, getRawType(type), null);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets a map of the type arguments of a parameterized type in the context of {@code toClass}.
      *
      * @param parameterizedType the parameterized type.
      * @param toClass           the class.
      * @param subtypeVarAssigns a map with type variables.
      * @return the {@link Map} with type arguments.
      */
     private static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> getTypeArguments(final ParameterizedType parameterizedType, final Class<?> toClass,
             final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> subtypeVarAssigns) {
         final Class<?> cls = getRawType(parameterizedType);
         // make sure they're assignable
         if (!isAssignable(cls, toClass)) {
             return null;
         }
         final Type ownerType = parameterizedType.getOwnerType();
         final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns;
         if (ownerType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             // get the owner type arguments first
             final ParameterizedType parameterizedOwnerType = (ParameterizedType) ownerType;
             typeVarAssigns = getTypeArguments(parameterizedOwnerType, getRawType(parameterizedOwnerType), subtypeVarAssigns);
         } else {
             // no owner, prep the type variable assignments map
             typeVarAssigns = subtypeVarAssigns == null ? new HashMap<>() : new HashMap<>(subtypeVarAssigns);
         }
         // get the subject parameterized type's arguments
         final Type[] typeArgs = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
         // and get the corresponding type variables from the raw class
         final TypeVariable<?>[] typeParams = cls.getTypeParameters();
         // map the arguments to their respective type variables
         for (int i = 0; i < typeParams.length; i++) {
             final Type typeArg = typeArgs[i];
             typeVarAssigns.put(typeParams[i], typeVarAssigns.getOrDefault(typeArg, typeArg));
         }
         if (toClass.equals(cls)) {
             // target class has been reached. Done.
             return typeVarAssigns;
         }
         // walk the inheritance hierarchy until the target class is reached
         final Type parentType = getClosestParentType(cls, toClass);
         if (parentType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             final ParameterizedType parameterizedParentType = (ParameterizedType) parentType;
             final Type[] parentTypeArgs = parameterizedParentType.getActualTypeArguments().clone();
             for (int i = 0; i < parentTypeArgs.length; i++) {
                 final Type unrolled = unrollVariables(typeVarAssigns, parentTypeArgs[i]);
                 if (unrolled != null) {
                     parentTypeArgs[i] = unrolled;
                 }
             }
             return getTypeArguments(parameterizeWithOwner(parameterizedParentType.getOwnerType(), (Class<?>) parameterizedParentType.getRawType(), parentTypeArgs), toClass, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         return getTypeArguments(parentType, toClass, typeVarAssigns);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets the type arguments of a class/interface based on a subtype. For instance, this method will determine that both of the parameters for the interface
      * {@link Map} are {@link Object} for the subtype {@link java.util.Properties Properties} even though the subtype does not directly implement the
      * {@link Map} interface.
      *
      * <p>
      * This method returns {@code null} if {@code type} is not assignable to {@code toClass}. It returns an empty map if none of the classes or interfaces in
      * its inheritance hierarchy specify any type arguments.
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
      * A side effect of this method is that it also retrieves the type arguments for the classes and interfaces that are part of the hierarchy between
      * {@code type} and {@code toClass}. So with the above example, this method will also determine that the type arguments for {@link java.util.Hashtable
      * Hashtable} are also both {@link Object}. In cases where the interface specified by {@code toClass} is (indirectly) implemented more than once (e.g. where
      * {@code toClass} specifies the interface {@link Iterable Iterable} and {@code type} specifies a parameterized type that implements both
      * {@link java.util.Set Set} and {@link java.util.Collection Collection}), this method will look at the inheritance hierarchy of only one of the
      * implementations/subclasses; the first interface encountered that isn't a subinterface to one of the others in the {@code type} to {@code toClass}
      * hierarchy.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param type    the type from which to determine the type parameters of {@code toClass}
      * @param toClass the class whose type parameters are to be determined based on the subtype {@code type}
      * @return a {@link Map} of the type assignments for the type variables in each type in the inheritance hierarchy from {@code type} to {@code toClass}
      *         inclusive.
      */
     public static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> getTypeArguments(final Type type, final Class<?> toClass) {
         return getTypeArguments(type, toClass, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets a map of the type arguments of {@code type} in the context of {@code toClass}.
      *
      * @param type              the type in question.
      * @param toClass           the class.
      * @param subtypeVarAssigns a map with type variables.
      * @return the {@link Map} with type arguments.
      */
     private static Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> getTypeArguments(final Type type, final Class<?> toClass, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> subtypeVarAssigns) {
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             return getTypeArguments((Class<?>) type, toClass, subtypeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             return getTypeArguments((ParameterizedType) type, toClass, subtypeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return getTypeArguments(((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType(), toClass.isArray() ? toClass.getComponentType() : toClass,
                     subtypeVarAssigns);
         }
         // since wildcard types are not assignable to classes, should this just
         // return null?
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             for (final Type bound : getImplicitUpperBounds((WildcardType) type)) {
                 // find the first bound that is assignable to the target class
                 if (isAssignable(bound, toClass)) {
                     return getTypeArguments(bound, toClass, subtypeVarAssigns);
                 }
             }
             return null;
         }
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             for (final Type bound : getImplicitBounds((TypeVariable<?>) type)) {
                 // find the first bound that is assignable to the target class
                 if (isAssignable(bound, toClass)) {
                     return getTypeArguments(bound, toClass, subtypeVarAssigns);
                 }
             }
             return null;
         }
         throw new IllegalStateException("found an unhandled type: " + type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether the specified type denotes an array type.
      *
      * @param type the type to be checked.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is an array class or a {@link GenericArrayType}.
      */
     public static boolean isArrayType(final Type type) {
         return type instanceof GenericArrayType || type instanceof Class<?> && ((Class<?>) type).isArray();
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target class following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param type    the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toClass the target class.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toClass}.
      */
     private static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final Class<?> toClass) {
         if (type == null) {
             // consistency with ClassUtils.isAssignable() behavior
             return toClass == null || !toClass.isPrimitive();
         }
         // only a null type can be assigned to null type which
         // would have cause the previous to return true
         if (toClass == null) {
             return false;
         }
         // all types are assignable to themselves
         if (toClass.equals(type)) {
             return true;
         }
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             // just comparing two classes
             return ClassUtils.isAssignable((Class<?>) type, toClass);
         }
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             // only have to compare the raw type to the class
             return isAssignable(getRawType((ParameterizedType) type), toClass);
         }
         // *
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             // if any of the bounds are assignable to the class, then the
             // type is assignable to the class.
             for (final Type bound : ((TypeVariable<?>) type).getBounds()) {
                 if (isAssignable(bound, toClass)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
             return false;
         }
         // the only classes to which a generic array type can be assigned
         // are class Object and array classes
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return toClass.equals(Object.class)
                     || toClass.isArray() && isAssignable(((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType(), toClass.getComponentType());
         }
         // wildcard types are not assignable to a class (though one would think
         // "? super Object" would be assignable to Object)
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             return false;
         }
         throw new IllegalStateException("found an unhandled type: " + type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target generic array type following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param type               the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toGenericArrayType the target generic array type.
      * @param typeVarAssigns     a map with type variables.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toGenericArrayType}.
      */
     private static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final GenericArrayType toGenericArrayType, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         if (type == null) {
             return true;
         }
         // only a null type can be assigned to null type which
         // would have cause the previous to return true
         if (toGenericArrayType == null) {
             return false;
         }
         // all types are assignable to themselves
         if (toGenericArrayType.equals(type)) {
             return true;
         }
         final Type toComponentType = toGenericArrayType.getGenericComponentType();
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             final Class<?> cls = (Class<?>) type;
             // compare the component types
             return cls.isArray() && isAssignable(cls.getComponentType(), toComponentType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             // compare the component types
             return isAssignable(((GenericArrayType) type).getGenericComponentType(), toComponentType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             // so long as one of the upper bounds is assignable, it's good
             for (final Type bound : getImplicitUpperBounds((WildcardType) type)) {
                 if (isAssignable(bound, toGenericArrayType)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
             return false;
         }
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             // probably should remove the following logic and just return false.
             // type variables cannot specify arrays as bounds.
             for (final Type bound : getImplicitBounds((TypeVariable<?>) type)) {
                 if (isAssignable(bound, toGenericArrayType)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
             return false;
         }
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             // the raw type of a parameterized type is never an array or
             // generic array, otherwise the declaration would look like this:
             // Collection[]< ? extends String > collection;
             return false;
         }
         throw new IllegalStateException("found an unhandled type: " + type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target parameterized type following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param type                the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toParameterizedType the target parameterized type.
      * @param typeVarAssigns      a map with type variables.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toType}.
      */
     private static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final ParameterizedType toParameterizedType, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         if (type == null) {
             return true;
         }
         // only a null type can be assigned to null type which
         // would have cause the previous to return true
         if (toParameterizedType == null) {
             return false;
         }
         // cannot cast an array type to a parameterized type.
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return false;
         }
         // all types are assignable to themselves
         if (toParameterizedType.equals(type)) {
             return true;
         }
         // get the target type's raw type
         final Class<?> toClass = getRawType(toParameterizedType);
         // get the subject type's type arguments including owner type arguments
         // and supertype arguments up to and including the target class.
         final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> fromTypeVarAssigns = getTypeArguments(type, toClass, null);
         // null means the two types are not compatible
         if (fromTypeVarAssigns == null) {
             return false;
         }
         // compatible types, but there's no type arguments. this is equivalent
         // to comparing Map< ?, ? > to Map, and raw types are always assignable
         // to parameterized types.
         if (fromTypeVarAssigns.isEmpty()) {
             return true;
         }
         // get the target type's type arguments including owner type arguments
         final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> toTypeVarAssigns = getTypeArguments(toParameterizedType, toClass, typeVarAssigns);
         // Class<T> is not assignable to Class<S> if T is not S (even if T extends S)
         if (toClass.equals(Class.class)) {
             final TypeVariable<?>[] typeParams = toClass.getTypeParameters();
             if (typeParams.length > 0) {
                 final Type toTypeArg = unrollVariableAssignments(typeParams[0], toTypeVarAssigns);
                 final Type fromTypeArg = unrollVariableAssignments(typeParams[0], fromTypeVarAssigns);
                 if (toTypeArg != null && (fromTypeArg == null || !toTypeArg.equals(fromTypeArg))) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
         }
         // now to check each type argument
         for (final TypeVariable<?> var : toTypeVarAssigns.keySet()) {
             final Type toTypeArg = unrollVariableAssignments(var, toTypeVarAssigns);
             final Type fromTypeArg = unrollVariableAssignments(var, fromTypeVarAssigns);
             if (toTypeArg == null && fromTypeArg instanceof Class) {
                 continue;
             }
             // parameters must either be absent from the subject type, within
             // the bounds of the wildcard type, or be an exact match to the
             // parameters of the target type.
             if (fromTypeArg != null && toTypeArg != null && !toTypeArg.equals(fromTypeArg)
                     && !(toTypeArg instanceof WildcardType && isAssignable(fromTypeArg, toTypeArg, typeVarAssigns))) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
         return true;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target type following the Java generics rules. If both types are {@link Class} objects, the
      * method returns the result of {@link ClassUtils#isAssignable(Class, Class)}.
      *
      * @param type   the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toType the target type.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toType}.
      */
     public static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final Type toType) {
         return isAssignable(type, toType, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target type following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param type           the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toType         the target type.
      * @param typeVarAssigns optional map of type variable assignments.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toType}.
      */
     private static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final Type toType, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         if (toType == null || toType instanceof Class<?>) {
             return isAssignable(type, (Class<?>) toType);
         }
         if (toType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             return isAssignable(type, (ParameterizedType) toType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (toType instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return isAssignable(type, (GenericArrayType) toType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (toType instanceof WildcardType) {
             return isAssignable(type, (WildcardType) toType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         if (toType instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             return isAssignable(type, (TypeVariable<?>) toType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         throw new IllegalStateException("found an unhandled type: " + toType);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target type variable following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param type           the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toTypeVariable the target type variable.
      * @param typeVarAssigns a map with type variables.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toTypeVariable}.
      */
     private static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final TypeVariable<?> toTypeVariable, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         if (type == null) {
             return true;
         }
         // only a null type can be assigned to null type which
         // would have cause the previous to return true
         if (toTypeVariable == null) {
             return false;
         }
         // all types are assignable to themselves
         if (toTypeVariable.equals(type)) {
             return true;
         }
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             // a type variable is assignable to another type variable, if
             // and only if the former is the latter, extends the latter, or
             // is otherwise a descendant of the latter.
             final Type[] bounds = getImplicitBounds((TypeVariable<?>) type);
             for (final Type bound : bounds) {
                 if (isAssignable(bound, toTypeVariable, typeVarAssigns)) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
         }
         if (type instanceof Class<?> || type instanceof ParameterizedType || type instanceof GenericArrayType || type instanceof WildcardType) {
             return false;
         }
         throw new IllegalStateException("found an unhandled type: " + type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the subject type may be implicitly cast to the target wildcard type following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param type           the subject type to be assigned to the target type.
      * @param toWildcardType the target wildcard type.
      * @param typeVarAssigns a map with type variables.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code type} is assignable to {@code toWildcardType}.
      */
     private static boolean isAssignable(final Type type, final WildcardType toWildcardType, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         if (type == null) {
             return true;
         }
         // only a null type can be assigned to null type which
         // would have cause the previous to return true
         if (toWildcardType == null) {
             return false;
         }
         // all types are assignable to themselves
         if (toWildcardType.equals(type)) {
             return true;
         }
         final Type[] toUpperBounds = getImplicitUpperBounds(toWildcardType);
         final Type[] toLowerBounds = getImplicitLowerBounds(toWildcardType);
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             final WildcardType wildcardType = (WildcardType) type;
             final Type[] upperBounds = getImplicitUpperBounds(wildcardType);
             final Type[] lowerBounds = getImplicitLowerBounds(wildcardType);
             for (Type toBound : toUpperBounds) {
                 // if there are assignments for unresolved type variables,
                 // now's the time to substitute them.
                 toBound = substituteTypeVariables(toBound, typeVarAssigns);
                 // each upper bound of the subject type has to be assignable to
                 // each
                 // upper bound of the target type
                 for (final Type bound : upperBounds) {
                     if (!isAssignable(bound, toBound, typeVarAssigns)) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
             for (Type toBound : toLowerBounds) {
                 // if there are assignments for unresolved type variables,
                 // now's the time to substitute them.
                 toBound = substituteTypeVariables(toBound, typeVarAssigns);
                 // each lower bound of the target type has to be assignable to
                 // each
                 // lower bound of the subject type
                 for (final Type bound : lowerBounds) {
                     if (!isAssignable(toBound, bound, typeVarAssigns)) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
             }
             return true;
         }
         for (final Type toBound : toUpperBounds) {
             // if there are assignments for unresolved type variables,
             // now's the time to substitute them.
             if (!isAssignable(type, substituteTypeVariables(toBound, typeVarAssigns), typeVarAssigns)) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
         for (final Type toBound : toLowerBounds) {
             // if there are assignments for unresolved type variables,
             // now's the time to substitute them.
             if (!isAssignable(substituteTypeVariables(toBound, typeVarAssigns), type, typeVarAssigns)) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
         return true;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests whether the class contains a cyclical reference in the qualified name of a class. If any of the type parameters of A class is extending X class
      * which is in scope of A class, then it forms cycle.
      *
      * @param cls the class to test.
      * @return whether the class contains a cyclical reference.
      */
     private static boolean isCyclical(final Class<?> cls) {
         for (final TypeVariable<?> typeParameter : cls.getTypeParameters()) {
             for (final Type bound : typeParameter.getBounds()) {
                 if (bound.getTypeName().contains(cls.getName())) {
                     return true;
                 }
             }
         }
         return false;
     }
 
     /**
      * Tests if the given value can be assigned to the target type following the Java generics rules.
      *
      * @param value the value to be checked.
      * @param type  the target type.
      * @return {@code true} if {@code value} is an instance of {@code type}.
      */
     public static boolean isInstance(final Object value, final Type type) {
         if (type == null) {
             return false;
         }
         return value == null ? !(type instanceof Class<?>) || !((Class<?>) type).isPrimitive() : isAssignable(value.getClass(), type, null);
     }
 
     /**
      * Maps type variables.
      *
      * @param <T>               the generic type of the class in question.
      * @param cls               the class in question.
      * @param parameterizedType the parameterized type.
      * @param typeVarAssigns    the map to be filled.
      */
     private static <T> void mapTypeVariablesToArguments(final Class<T> cls, final ParameterizedType parameterizedType,
             final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         // capture the type variables from the owner type that have assignments
         final Type ownerType = parameterizedType.getOwnerType();
         if (ownerType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             // recursion to make sure the owner's owner type gets processed
             mapTypeVariablesToArguments(cls, (ParameterizedType) ownerType, typeVarAssigns);
         }
         // parameterizedType is a generic interface/class (or it's in the owner
         // hierarchy of said interface/class) implemented/extended by the class
         // cls. Find out which type variables of cls are type arguments of
         // parameterizedType:
         final Type[] typeArgs = parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments();
         // of the cls's type variables that are arguments of parameterizedType,
         // find out which ones can be determined from the super type's arguments
         final TypeVariable<?>[] typeVars = getRawType(parameterizedType).getTypeParameters();
         // use List view of type parameters of cls so the contains() method can be used:
         final List<TypeVariable<Class<T>>> typeVarList = Arrays.asList(cls.getTypeParameters());
         for (int i = 0; i < typeArgs.length; i++) {
             final TypeVariable<?> typeVar = typeVars[i];
             final Type typeArg = typeArgs[i];
             // argument of parameterizedType is a type variable of cls
             if (typeVarList.contains(typeArg)
                     // type variable of parameterizedType has an assignment in
                     // the super type.
                     && typeVarAssigns.containsKey(typeVar)) {
                 // map the assignment to the cls's type variable
                 typeVarAssigns.put((TypeVariable<?>) typeArg, typeVarAssigns.get(typeVar));
             }
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Strips out the redundant upper bound types in type variable types and wildcard types (or it would with wildcard types if multiple upper bounds were
      * allowed).
      *
      * <p>
      * Example, with the variable type declaration:
      * </p>
      *
      * <pre>{@code
      * <K extends java.util.Collection<String> & java.util.List<String>>
      * }</pre>
      *
      * <p>
      * since {@link List} is a subinterface of {@link Collection}, this method will return the bounds as if the declaration had been:
      * </p>
      *
      * <pre>{@code
      * <K extends java.util.List<String>>
      * }</pre>
      *
      * @param bounds an array of types representing the upper bounds of either {@link WildcardType} or {@link TypeVariable}, not {@code null}.
      * @return an array containing the values from {@code bounds} minus the redundant types.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code bounds} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static Type[] normalizeUpperBounds(final Type[] bounds) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(bounds, "bounds");
         // don't bother if there's only one (or none) type
         if (bounds.length < 2) {
             return bounds;
         }
         final Set<Type> types = new HashSet<>(bounds.length);
         for (final Type type1 : bounds) {
             boolean subtypeFound = false;
             for (final Type type2 : bounds) {
                 if (type1 != type2 && isAssignable(type2, type1, null)) {
                     subtypeFound = true;
                     break;
                 }
             }
             if (!subtypeFound) {
                 types.add(type1);
             }
         }
         return types.toArray(ArrayUtils.EMPTY_TYPE_ARRAY);
     }
 
     /**
      * Delegates to {@link #normalizeUpperBounds(Type[])} unless {@code bounds} is empty in which case return an array with the element {@code Object.class}.
      *
      * @param bounds bounds an array of types representing the upper bounds of either {@link WildcardType} or {@link TypeVariable}, not {@code null}.
      * @return result from {@link #normalizeUpperBounds(Type[])} unless {@code bounds} is empty in which case return an array with the element
      *         {@code Object.class}.
      */
     private static Type[] normalizeUpperToObject(final Type[] bounds) {
         return bounds.length == 0 ? new Type[] { Object.class } : normalizeUpperBounds(bounds);
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a parameterized type instance.
      *
      * @param rawClass        the raw class to create a parameterized type instance for.
      * @param typeVariableMap the map used for parameterization.
      * @return {@link ParameterizedType}.
      * @throws NullPointerException if either {@code rawClass} or {@code typeVariableMap} is {@code null}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final ParameterizedType parameterize(final Class<?> rawClass, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVariableMap) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(rawClass, "rawClass");
         Objects.requireNonNull(typeVariableMap, "typeVariableMap");
         return parameterizeWithOwner(null, rawClass, extractTypeArgumentsFrom(typeVariableMap, rawClass.getTypeParameters()));
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a parameterized type instance.
      *
      * @param rawClass      the raw class to create a parameterized type instance for.
      * @param typeArguments the types used for parameterization.
      * @return {@link ParameterizedType}.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rawClass} is {@code null}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final ParameterizedType parameterize(final Class<?> rawClass, final Type... typeArguments) {
         return parameterizeWithOwner(null, rawClass, typeArguments);
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a {@link ParameterizedType} as a {@link String}.
      *
      * @param parameterizedType {@link ParameterizedType} to format.
      * @return String.
      */
     private static String parameterizedTypeToString(final ParameterizedType parameterizedType) {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
         final Type useOwner = parameterizedType.getOwnerType();
         final Class<?> raw = (Class<?>) parameterizedType.getRawType();
         if (useOwner == null) {
             builder.append(raw.getName());
         } else {
             if (useOwner instanceof Class<?>) {
                 builder.append(((Class<?>) useOwner).getName());
             } else {
                 builder.append(useOwner);
             }
             builder.append('.').append(raw.getSimpleName());
         }
         final int[] recursiveTypeIndexes = findRecursiveTypes(parameterizedType);
         if (recursiveTypeIndexes.length > 0) {
             appendRecursiveTypes(builder, recursiveTypeIndexes, parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments());
         } else {
             GT_JOINER.join(builder, (Object[]) parameterizedType.getActualTypeArguments());
         }
         return builder.toString();
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a parameterized type instance.
      *
      * @param owner           the owning type.
      * @param rawClass        the raw class to create a parameterized type instance for.
      * @param typeVariableMap the map used for parameterization.
      * @return {@link ParameterizedType}.
      * @throws NullPointerException if either {@code rawClass} or {@code typeVariableMap} is {@code null}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final ParameterizedType parameterizeWithOwner(final Type owner, final Class<?> rawClass, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVariableMap) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(rawClass, "rawClass");
         Objects.requireNonNull(typeVariableMap, "typeVariableMap");
         return parameterizeWithOwner(owner, rawClass, extractTypeArgumentsFrom(typeVariableMap, rawClass.getTypeParameters()));
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a parameterized type instance.
      *
      * @param owner         the owning type.
      * @param rawClass      the raw class to create a parameterized type instance for.
      * @param typeArguments the types used for parameterization.
      * @return {@link ParameterizedType}.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code rawClass} is {@code null}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static final ParameterizedType parameterizeWithOwner(final Type owner, final Class<?> rawClass, final Type... typeArguments) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(rawClass, "rawClass");
         final Type useOwner;
         if (rawClass.getEnclosingClass() == null) {
             Validate.isTrue(owner == null, "no owner allowed for top-level %s", rawClass);
             useOwner = null;
         } else if (owner == null) {
             useOwner = rawClass.getEnclosingClass();
         } else {
             Validate.isTrue(isAssignable(owner, rawClass.getEnclosingClass()), "%s is invalid owner type for parameterized %s", owner, rawClass);
             useOwner = owner;
         }
         Validate.noNullElements(typeArguments, "null type argument at index %s");
         Validate.isTrue(rawClass.getTypeParameters().length == typeArguments.length, "invalid number of type parameters specified: expected %d, got %d",
                 rawClass.getTypeParameters().length, typeArguments.length);
         return new ParameterizedTypeImpl(rawClass, useOwner, typeArguments);
     }
 
     /**
      * Finds the mapping for {@code type} in {@code typeVarAssigns}.
      *
      * @param type           the type to be replaced.
      * @param typeVarAssigns the map with type variables.
      * @return the replaced type.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the type cannot be substituted.
      */
     private static Type substituteTypeVariables(final Type type, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?> && typeVarAssigns != null) {
             final Type replacementType = typeVarAssigns.get(type);
             if (replacementType == null) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing assignment type for type variable " + type);
             }
             return replacementType;
         }
         return type;
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a {@link TypeVariable} including its {@link GenericDeclaration}.
      *
      * @param typeVariable the type variable to create a String representation for, not {@code null}.
      * @return String.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code typeVariable} is {@code null}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static String toLongString(final TypeVariable<?> typeVariable) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(typeVariable, "typeVariable");
         final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
         final GenericDeclaration d = typeVariable.getGenericDeclaration();
         if (d instanceof Class<?>) {
             Class<?> c = (Class<?>) d;
             while (true) {
                 if (c.getEnclosingClass() == null) {
                     buf.insert(0, c.getName());
                     break;
                 }
                 buf.insert(0, c.getSimpleName()).insert(0, '.');
                 c = c.getEnclosingClass();
             }
         } else if (d instanceof Type) { // not possible as of now
             buf.append(toString((Type) d));
         } else {
             buf.append(d);
         }
         return buf.append(':').append(typeVariableToString(typeVariable)).toString();
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a given type as a Java-esque String.
      *
      * @param type the type to create a String representation for, not {@code null}.
      * @return String.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code type} is {@code null}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static String toString(final Type type) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(type, "type");
         if (type instanceof Class<?>) {
             return classToString((Class<?>) type);
         }
         if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
             return parameterizedTypeToString((ParameterizedType) type);
         }
         if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
             return wildcardTypeToString((WildcardType) type);
         }
         if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
             return typeVariableToString((TypeVariable<?>) type);
         }
         if (type instanceof GenericArrayType) {
             return genericArrayTypeToString((GenericArrayType) type);
         }
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(ObjectUtils.identityToString(type));
     }
 
     /**
      * Determines whether or not specified types satisfy the bounds of their mapped type variables. When a type parameter extends another (such as
      * {@code <T, S extends T>}), uses another as a type parameter (such as {@code <T, S extends Comparable>>}), or otherwise depends on another type variable
      * to be specified, the dependencies must be included in {@code typeVarAssigns}.
      *
      * @param typeVariableMap specifies the potential types to be assigned to the type variables, not {@code null}.
      * @return whether or not the types can be assigned to their respective type variables.
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code typeVariableMap} is {@code null}.
      */
     public static boolean typesSatisfyVariables(final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVariableMap) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(typeVariableMap, "typeVariableMap");
         // all types must be assignable to all the bounds of their mapped
         // type variable.
         for (final Map.Entry<TypeVariable<?>, Type> entry : typeVariableMap.entrySet()) {
             final TypeVariable<?> typeVar = entry.getKey();
             final Type type = entry.getValue();
             for (final Type bound : getImplicitBounds(typeVar)) {
                 if (!isAssignable(type, substituteTypeVariables(bound, typeVariableMap), typeVariableMap)) {
                     return false;
                 }
             }
         }
         return true;
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a {@link TypeVariable} as a {@link String}.
      *
      * @param typeVariable {@link TypeVariable} to format.
      * @return String.
      */
     private static String typeVariableToString(final TypeVariable<?> typeVariable) {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(typeVariable.getName());
         final Type[] bounds = typeVariable.getBounds();
         if (bounds.length > 0 && !(bounds.length == 1 && Object.class.equals(bounds[0]))) {
             // https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/LANG/issues/LANG-1698
             // There must be a better way to avoid a stack overflow on Java 17 and up.
             // Bounds are different in Java 17 and up where instead of Object you can get an interface like Comparable.
             final Type bound = bounds[0];
             boolean append = true;
             if (bound instanceof ParameterizedType) {
                 final Type rawType = ((ParameterizedType) bound).getRawType();
                 if (rawType instanceof Class && ((Class<?>) rawType).isInterface()) {
                     // Avoid recursion and stack overflow on Java 17 and up.
                     append = false;
                 }
             }
             if (append) {
                 builder.append(" extends ");
                 AMP_JOINER.join(builder, bounds);
             }
         }
         return builder.toString();
     }
 
     /**
      * Unrolls variables in a type bounds array.
      *
      * @param typeArguments assignments {@link Map}.
      * @param bounds        in which to expand variables.
      * @return {@code bounds} with any variables reassigned.
      */
     private static Type[] unrollBounds(final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeArguments, final Type[] bounds) {
         Type[] result = bounds;
         int i = 0;
         for (; i < result.length; i++) {
             final Type unrolled = unrollVariables(typeArguments, result[i]);
             if (unrolled == null) {
                 result = ArrayUtils.remove(result, i--);
             } else {
                 result[i] = unrolled;
             }
         }
         return result;
     }
 
     /**
      * Looks up {@code typeVariable} in {@code typeVarAssigns} <em>transitively</em>, i.e. keep looking until the value found is <em>not</em> a type variable.
      *
      * @param typeVariable   the type variable to look up.
      * @param typeVarAssigns the map used for the look-up.
      * @return Type or {@code null} if some variable was not in the map.
      */
     private static Type unrollVariableAssignments(TypeVariable<?> typeVariable, final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeVarAssigns) {
         Type result;
         do {
             result = typeVarAssigns.get(typeVariable);
             if (!(result instanceof TypeVariable<?>) || result.equals(typeVariable)) {
                 break;
             }
             typeVariable = (TypeVariable<?>) result;
         } while (true);
         return result;
     }
 
     /**
      * Gets a type representing {@code type} with variable assignments "unrolled."
      *
      * @param typeArguments as from {@link TypeUtils#getTypeArguments(Type, Class)}.
      * @param type          the type to unroll variable assignments for.
      * @return Type.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static Type unrollVariables(Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeArguments, final Type type) {
         if (typeArguments == null) {
             typeArguments = Collections.emptyMap();
         }
         return unrollVariables(typeArguments, type, new HashSet<>());
     }
 
     private static Type unrollVariables(final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> typeArguments, final Type type, final Set<TypeVariable<?>> visited) {
         if (containsTypeVariables(type)) {
             if (type instanceof TypeVariable<?>) {
                 final TypeVariable<?> var = (TypeVariable<?>) type;
                 if (!visited.add(var)) {
                     return var;
                 }
                 return unrollVariables(typeArguments, typeArguments.get(type), visited);
             }
             if (type instanceof ParameterizedType) {
                 final ParameterizedType p = (ParameterizedType) type;
                 final Map<TypeVariable<?>, Type> parameterizedTypeArguments;
                 if (p.getOwnerType() == null) {
                     parameterizedTypeArguments = typeArguments;
                 } else {
                     parameterizedTypeArguments = new HashMap<>(typeArguments);
                     parameterizedTypeArguments.putAll(getTypeArguments(p));
                 }
                 final Type[] args = p.getActualTypeArguments().clone();
                 for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) {
                     final Type unrolled = unrollVariables(parameterizedTypeArguments, args[i], visited);
                     if (unrolled != null) {
                         args[i] = unrolled;
                     }
                 }
                 return parameterizeWithOwner(p.getOwnerType(), (Class<?>) p.getRawType(), args);
             }
             if (type instanceof WildcardType) {
                 final WildcardType wild = (WildcardType) type;
                 return wildcardType().withUpperBounds(unrollBounds(typeArguments, wild.getUpperBounds()))
                         .withLowerBounds(unrollBounds(typeArguments, wild.getLowerBounds())).build();
             }
         }
         return type;
     }
 
     /**
      * Creates a new {@link WildcardTypeBuilder}.
      *
      * @return a new {@link WildcardTypeBuilder}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static WildcardTypeBuilder wildcardType() {
         return new WildcardTypeBuilder();
     }
 
     /**
      * Formats a {@link WildcardType} as a {@link String}.
      *
      * @param wildcardType {@link WildcardType} to format.
      * @return String.
      */
     private static String wildcardTypeToString(final WildcardType wildcardType) {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder().append('?');
         final Type[] lowerBounds = wildcardType.getLowerBounds();
         final Type[] upperBounds = wildcardType.getUpperBounds();
         if (lowerBounds.length > 1 || lowerBounds.length == 1 && lowerBounds[0] != null) {
             AMP_JOINER.join(builder.append(" super "), lowerBounds);
         } else if (upperBounds.length > 1 || upperBounds.length == 1 && !Object.class.equals(upperBounds[0])) {
             AMP_JOINER.join(builder.append(" extends "), upperBounds);
         }
         return builder.toString();
     }
 
     /**
      * Wraps the specified {@link Class} in a {@link Typed} wrapper.
      *
      * @param <T>  generic type.
      * @param type to wrap.
      * @return {@code Typed<T>}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static <T> Typed<T> wrap(final Class<T> type) {
         return wrap((Type) type);
     }
 
     /**
      * Wraps the specified {@link Type} in a {@link Typed} wrapper.
      *
      * @param <T>  inferred generic type.
      * @param type to wrap.
      * @return {@code Typed<T>}.
      * @since 3.2
      */
     public static <T> Typed<T> wrap(final Type type) {
         return () -> type;
     }
 
     /**
      * {@link TypeUtils} instances should NOT be constructed in standard programming. Instead, the class should be used as
      * {@code TypeUtils.isAssignable(cls, toClass)}.
      * <p>
      * This constructor is public to permit tools that require a JavaBean instance to operate.
      * </p>
      *
      * @deprecated TODO Make private in 4.0.
      */
     @Deprecated
     public TypeUtils() {
         // empty
     }
 
 }