if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
      return Optional.absent();
    }

    /*
     * TODO(kevinb): consider whether this "optimization" is worthwhile. Users with SortedSets tend
     * to know they are SortedSets and probably would not call this method.
     */
    if (iterable instanceof SortedSet) {
      SortedSet<E> sortedSet = (SortedSet<E>) iterable;
      return Optional.of(sortedSet.last());
    }

  /*
   * We have a whole series of abstract test classes that "stack", so e.g. the tests for filtered
   * NavigableSets inherit the tests for filtered Iterables, Collections, Sets, and SortedSets. The
   * actual implementation tests are further down.
   */

  public abstract static class AbstractFilteredIterableTest<C extends Iterable<Integer>>
      extends TestCase {