static int unsafeCompare(Comparator<?> comparator, Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    // Pretend the comparator can compare anything. If it turns out it can't
    // compare a and b, we should get a CCE or NPE on the subsequent line. Only methods
    // that are spec'd to throw CCE and NPE should call this.
    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
    Comparator<@Nullable Object> unsafeComparator = (Comparator<@Nullable Object>) comparator;

  static int unsafeCompare(Comparator<?> comparator, Object a, @CheckForNull Object b) {
    // Pretend the comparator can compare anything. If it turns out it can't
    // compare a and b, we should get a CCE or NPE on the subsequent line. Only methods
    // that are spec'd to throw CCE and NPE should call this.
    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "nullness"})
    Comparator<@Nullable Object> unsafeComparator = (Comparator<@Nullable Object>) comparator;

     * it can be used with collections that may contain null. This collection is a collection of
     * non-null elements, so we can treat it as a plain `Object[]`.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
    Object[] result = ObjectArrays.toArrayImpl(this);
    return result;
  }

  @Override