* @return {@link InetAddress} representing the argument
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the argument is not a valid IP string literal
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // TODO(b/219820829): consider removing
  public static InetAddress forString(String ipString) {
    byte[] addr = ipStringToBytes(ipString);

    // The argument was malformed, i.e. not an IP string literal.
    if (addr == null) {

    // parseable, but the spec doesn't seem to say which exception is thrown for an invalid radix.
    // In contrast to the JVM, Kotlin native throws an Illegal argument exception in this case
    // (which seems to make more sense).
    try {
      UnsignedInts.parseUnsignedInt("0", Character.MIN_RADIX - 1);
      fail();
    } catch (NumberFormatException expected) {

    assertEquals(9, (int) numberOrdering.max(ints.iterator()));
    assertEquals(0, (int) numberOrdering.min(ints.iterator()));

    // when the values are the same, the first argument should be returned
    Integer a = new Integer(4);
    Integer b = new Integer(4);
    ints = Lists.newArrayList(a, b, b);
    assertSame(a, numberOrdering.max(ints.iterator()));

    assertEquals(9, (int) numberOrdering.max(ints.iterator()));
    assertEquals(0, (int) numberOrdering.min(ints.iterator()));

    // when the values are the same, the first argument should be returned
    Integer a = new Integer(4);
    Integer b = new Integer(4);
    ints = Lists.newArrayList(a, b, b);
    assertSame(a, numberOrdering.max(ints.iterator()));

    List<?> partsList = Arrays.<@Nullable Object>asList(parts);
    return join(partsList);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a string containing the string representation of each argument, using the previously
   * configured separator between each.
   */
  public final String join(
      @CheckForNull Object first, @CheckForNull Object second, @Nullable Object... rest) {

  }

  /**
   * Returns the equivalent {@code com.google.common.base.Optional} value to the given {@code
   * java.util.Optional}, or {@code null} if the argument is null.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  @CheckForNull
  public static <T> Optional<T> fromJavaUtil(@CheckForNull java.util.Optional<T> javaUtilOptional) {

   * Returns an ordering that compares objects according to the order in which they are given to
   * this method. Only objects present in the argument list (according to {@link Object#equals}) may
   * be compared. This comparator imposes a "partial ordering" over the type {@code T}. Null values
   * in the argument list are not supported.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator throws a {@link ClassCastException} when it receives an input

    // parseable, but the spec doesn't seem to say which exception is thrown for an invalid radix.
    // In contrast to the JVM, Kotlin native throws an Illegal argument exception in this case
    // (which seems to make more sense).
    try {
      UnsignedInts.parseUnsignedInt("0", Character.MIN_RADIX - 1);
      fail();
    } catch (NumberFormatException expected) {

   * function for most uses, but the virtualized form is needed within retryUpdate.
   *
   * @param currentValue the current value (of either base or a cell)
   * @param newValue the argument from a user update call
   * @return result of the update function
   */
  abstract long fn(long currentValue, long newValue);

  /**

   * function for most uses, but the virtualized form is needed within retryUpdate.
   *
   * @param currentValue the current value (of either base or a cell)
   * @param newValue the argument from a user update call
   * @return result of the update function
   */
  abstract long fn(long currentValue, long newValue);

  /**