*
   * @throws NullPointerException if the first element is null; if this is a possibility, use {@code
   *     iterator().next()} or {@link Iterables#getFirst} instead.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // Unsafe, but we can't do much about it now.
  public final Optional<@NonNull E> first() {
    Iterator<E> iterator = getDelegate().iterator();

   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if the first element is null; if this is a possibility, use {@code
   *     iterator().next()} or {@link Iterables#getFirst} instead.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // Unsafe, but we can't do much about it now.
  public final Optional<@NonNull E> first() {
    Iterator<E> iterator = getDelegate().iterator();