* }</pre>
 *
 * <p>It is guaranteed that {@code encoding.decode(encoding.encode(x))} is always equal to {@code
 * x}, but the reverse does not necessarily hold.
 *
 * <table>
 * <caption>Encodings</caption>
 * <tr>
 * <th>Encoding
 * <th>Alphabet
 * <th>{@code char:byte} ratio
 * <th>Default padding
 * <th>Comments
 * <tr>
 * <td>{@link #base16()}
 * <td>0-9 A-F
 * <td>2.00
 * <td>N/A

      super(spliterator);
    }

    @Override
    void forEachRemaining(Consumer<? super E> action) {
      spliterator.forEachRemaining(action);
    }

    @Override
    boolean tryAdvance(Consumer<? super E> action) {
      return spliterator.tryAdvance(action);
    }

    @Override
    @Nullable GeneralSpliterator<E> trySplit() {

      return CollectSpliterators.filter(unfiltered.spliterator(), predicate);
    }

    @Override
    public void forEach(Consumer<? super E> action) {
      checkNotNull(action);
      unfiltered.forEach(
          (E e) -> {
            if (predicate.test(e)) {
              action.accept(e);
            }
          });
    }

    @Override
    public boolean remove(@CheckForNull Object element) {

   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code stream.filter(type::isInstance).map(type::cast)}.
   * This does perform a little more work than necessary, so another option is to insert an
   * unchecked cast at some later point:
   *
   * <pre>
   * {@code @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe because of ::isInstance check
   * ImmutableList<NewType> result =

 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
 *
 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
 * object.
 *

        size(), SPLITERATOR_CHARACTERISTICS | Spliterator.SIZED) {
      final UnmodifiableIterator<E> iterator = iterator();

      @Override
      public boolean tryAdvance(Consumer<? super E> action) {
        if (iterator.hasNext()) {
          action.accept(iterator.next());
          return true;
        } else {
          return false;
        }
      }

      @Override

   * is constant for the life of the VM.
   *
   * <p>Because the ordering is identity-based, it is not "consistent with {@link
   * Object#equals(Object)}" as defined by {@link Comparator}. Use caution when building a {@link
   * SortedSet} or {@link SortedMap} from it, as the resulting collection will not behave exactly
   * according to spec.
   *

 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
 *
 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
 *
 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
 * object.
 *