*
   * <p>If the elements contain duplicates (according to the comparator), only the first duplicate
   * in encounter order will appear in the result.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using streams.
  @Beta // TODO: b/288085449 - Remove.

    for (Type bound : bounds) {
      Type componentType = getComponentType(bound);
      if (componentType != null) {
        // Only the first bound can be a class or array.
        // Bounds after the first can only be interfaces.
        if (componentType instanceof Class) {
          Class<?> componentClass = (Class<?>) componentType;
          if (componentClass.isPrimitive()) {

 *
 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
 *
 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is
 * intended to "fill the gap" and provide those features of {@code Ordering} not already provided by
 * the JDK.
 *
 * @since 21.0
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible

   *
   * <p>Duplicate elements are considered equal. For example, the list [1, 1] will have only one
   * permutation, instead of two. This is why the elements have to implement {@link Comparable}.
   *
   * <p>An empty iterable has only one permutation, which is an empty list.
   *
   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code Collections2.orderedPermutations(list,

   * implementations should always throw one of the exceptions in a {@code PermittedExceptions}
   * instance, since {@code PermittedExceptions} is thrown only when a method call is invalid.
   *
   * <p>This class is accessible but not supported in GWT as it references {@link
   * PermittedMetaException}.
   */

     * them immediately thereafter.
     *
     * They may be subsequently nulled out by TreeMultiset.clear(). I think that the only place that
     * we can reference a node whose fields have been cleared is inside the iterator (and presumably
     * only under concurrent modification).
     *
     * To access these fields when you know that they are not null, call the pred() and succ()

   * ImmutableMultiset#toImmutableMultiset}.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 22.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using streams.
  @Beta // TODO: b/288085449 - Remove.
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, E extends @Nullable Object, M extends Multiset<E>>
      Collector<T, ?, M> toMultiset(

        return "Iterables.consumingIterable(...)";
      }
    };
  }

  // Methods only in Iterables, not in Iterators

  /**
   * Determines if the given iterable contains no elements.
   *
   * <p>There is no precise {@link Iterator} equivalent to this method, since one can only ask an
   * iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i> (which one does using {@link
   * Iterator#hasNext}).

    }
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // elements only contains E's; it's safe.
    E[] array = (E[]) Iterables.toArray(elements);
    return construct(comparator, array.length, array);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by the given {@code
   * Comparator}. When multiple elements are equivalent according to {@code compareTo()}, only the
   * first one specified is included.
   *

   * each appears first in the source iterable. This method iterates over {@code elements} only
   * once.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> This method will sometimes recognize that the actual copy operation
   * is unnecessary; for example, {@code copyOf(copyOf(anArrayList))} should copy the data only
   * once. This reduces the expense of habitually making defensive copies at API boundaries.