}

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that returns the {@code k} smallest (relative to the specified
   * {@code Comparator}) input elements, in ascending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}. Ties
   * are broken arbitrarily.
   *
   * <p>For example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
   *     .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
   * // returns {"foo", "quux"}

     * known-non-null type? But that particular problem might not arise here, since we're not
     * actually reading from the fields in any case in which they might be null (as proven by the
     * requireNonNull checks below). Plus, we're *already* lying here, since newHeader passes a null
     * key and value, which we pass to the superconstructor, even though the key and value type for

    return (Multiset<T>) iterable;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a copy of {@code multiset} as an {@link ImmutableMultiset} whose iteration order puts
   * the highest count first, with ties broken by the iteration order of the original multiset.
   *
   * @since 11.0
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> copyHighestCountFirst(Multiset<E> multiset) {

      factory.setAccessible(true);
    }
    // Sorts methods/constructors with the least number of parameters first since it's likely easier
    // to fill dummy parameter values for them. Ties are broken by name then by the string form of
    // the parameter list.
    return BY_NUMBER_OF_PARAMETERS
        .compound(BY_METHOD_NAME)
        .compound(BY_PARAMETERS)
        .immutableSortedCopy(factories);
  }

  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@code Collector} that returns the {@code k} smallest (relative to the specified
   * {@code Comparator}) input elements, in ascending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}. Ties
   * are broken arbitrarily.
   *
   * <p>For example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code
   * Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
   *     .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
   * // returns {"foo", "quux"}

   * relation. That is, invoking {@link Function#apply} multiple times for a given value must return
   * equivalent results. For example, {@code
   * Equivalence.identity().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction())} is broken because it's not
   * guaranteed that {@link Object#toString}) always returns the same string instance.
   *
   * @since 10.0
   */

   * relation. That is, invoking {@link Function#apply} multiple times for a given value must return
   * equivalent results. For example, {@code
   * Equivalence.identity().onResultOf(Functions.toStringFunction())} is broken because it's not
   * guaranteed that {@link Object#toString}) always returns the same string instance.
   *
   * @since 10.0
   */

      factory.setAccessible(true);
    }
    // Sorts methods/constructors with the least number of parameters first since it's likely easier
    // to fill dummy parameter values for them. Ties are broken by name then by the string form of
    // the parameter list.
    return BY_NUMBER_OF_PARAMETERS
        .compound(BY_METHOD_NAME)
        .compound(BY_PARAMETERS)
        .immutableSortedCopy(factories);
  }

 *       Comparable#compareTo compareTo} returns zero, not whether {@link Object#equals equals}
 *       returns {@code true}.
 *   <li>A class which implements {@code Comparable<UnrelatedType>} is very broken, and will cause
 *       undefined horrible things to happen in {@code Range}. For now, the Range API does not
 *       prevent its use, because this would also rule out all ungenerified (pre-JDK1.5) data types.