*/
@DoNotMock("Use Optional.of(value) or Optional.absent()")
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class Optional<T> implements Serializable {
  /**
   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance with no contained reference.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.empty}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> absent() {

 */
@DoNotMock("Use Optional.of(value) or Optional.absent()")
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class Optional<T> implements Serializable {
  /**
   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance with no contained reference.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.empty}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> absent() {

    assertThat(Optional.presentInstances(optionals)).isEmpty();
  }

  public void testPresentInstances_somePresent() {
    List<Optional<String>> optionals =
        ImmutableList.of(Optional.of("a"), Optional.<String>absent(), Optional.of("c"));
    assertThat(Optional.presentInstances(optionals)).containsExactly("a", "c").inOrder();
  }

    assertThat(Optional.presentInstances(optionals)).isEmpty();
  }

  public void testPresentInstances_somePresent() {
    List<Optional<String>> optionals =
        ImmutableList.of(Optional.of("a"), Optional.<String>absent(), Optional.of("c"));
    assertThat(Optional.presentInstances(optionals)).containsExactly("a", "c").inOrder();
  }

    if (allowsNullKeys) {
      boolean unused = map.containsKey(null);
    } else {
      try {
        boolean unused2 = map.containsKey(null);
      } catch (NullPointerException optional) {
      }
    }
    assertInvariants(map);
  }

  public void testContainsValue() {
    Map<K, V> map;
    V unmappedValue;
    try {
      map = makePopulatedMap();

   */
  RangeSet<C> complement();

  /**
   * Returns a view of the intersection of this {@code RangeSet} with the specified range.
   *
   * <p>The returned view supports all optional operations supported by this {@code RangeSet}, with
   * the caveat that an {@link IllegalArgumentException} is thrown on an attempt to {@linkplain

  }

  // common.base
  @Empty
  <T> com.google.common.base.Optional<T> generateGoogleOptional() {
    return com.google.common.base.Optional.absent();
  }

  @Generates
  <T> com.google.common.base.Optional<T> generateGoogleOptional(T value) {
    return com.google.common.base.Optional.of(value);
  }

  @Generates
  Joiner generateJoiner() {

    return pickInstance(Currency.getAvailableCurrencies(), Currency.getInstance(Locale.US));
  }

  @Empty
  <T> Optional<T> generateJavaOptional() {
    return Optional.empty();
  }

  @Generates
  <T> Optional<T> generateJavaOptional(T value) {
    return Optional.of(value);
  }

  @Generates
  OptionalInt generateOptionalInt() {
    return OptionalInt.of(generateInt());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a comparator of {@link Optional} values which treats {@link Optional#empty} as less
   * than all other values, and orders the rest using {@code valueComparator} on the contained
   * value.
   *
   * @since 22.0
   */
  public static <T> Comparator<Optional<T>> emptiesFirst(Comparator<? super T> valueComparator) {
    checkNotNull(valueComparator);
    return Comparator.<Optional<T>, @Nullable T>comparing(

    if (allowsNullKeys) {
      boolean unused = map.containsKey(null);
    } else {
      try {
        boolean unused2 = map.containsKey(null);
      } catch (NullPointerException optional) {
      }
    }
    assertInvariants(map);
  }

  public void testContainsValue() {
    Map<K, V> map;
    V unmappedValue;
    try {
      map = makePopulatedMap();