* collection that is currently being modified by another thread.
   *
   * @throws ClassCastException if the elements are not mutually comparable
   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   * @since 7.0 (source-compatible since 2.0)
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedSet<E> copyOf(Collection<? extends E> elements) {
    // Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.

  private static final LazyLogger log = new LazyLogger(SequentialExecutor.class);

  enum WorkerRunningState {
    /** Runnable is not running and not queued for execution */
    IDLE,
    /** Runnable is not running, but is being queued for execution */
    QUEUING,
    /** runnable has been submitted but has not yet begun execution */
    QUEUED,
    RUNNING,
  }

  /** Underlying executor that all submitted Runnable objects are run on. */

   * delegating calls until it returns valid data.
   *
   * @param duration the length of time after a value is created that it should stop being returned
   *     by subsequent {@code get()} calls
   * @param unit the unit that {@code duration} is expressed in
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code duration} is not positive
   * @since 2.0
   */

  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */
  protected V get(K key) {
    return getMap().get(key);
  }

   */
  // Note: 90% of the time we don't add type parameters or wildcards that serve only to "tweak" the
  // desired return type. However, *nested* generics introduce a special class of problems that we
  // think tip it over into being worthwhile.
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, S extends T> Comparator<Iterable<S>> lexicographical(
      Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

   * element (the given list itself).
   *
   * <p>This method is safe to use even when {@code elements} is a synchronized or concurrent
   * collection that is currently being modified by another thread.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} contains a null element
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> copyOf(Collection<? extends E> elements) {

        : Iterators.removeAll(removeFrom.iterator(), elementsToRemove);
  }

  /**
   * Removes, from an iterable, every element that does not belong to the provided collection.
   *
   * <p>This method calls {@link Collection#retainAll} if {@code iterable} is a collection, and
   * {@link Iterators#retainAll} otherwise.
   *

 * return joiner.join("Harry", null, "Ron", "Hermione");
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>This returns the string {@code "Harry; Ron; Hermione"}. Note that all input elements are
 * converted to strings using {@link Object#toString()} before being appended.
 *
 * <p>If neither {@link #skipNulls()} nor {@link #useForNull(String)} is specified, the joining
 * methods will throw {@link NullPointerException} if any given element is null.
 *

   * won't compile on Java 7, while if we don't include the method then the compiler will complain
   * that an abstract method is unimplemented. So instead we use a dynamic proxy to get an
   * implementation. If the method being called on the {@code TypeVariable} instance has the same
   * name as one of the public methods of {@link TypeVariableImpl}, the proxy calls the same method
   * on its instance of {@code TypeVariableImpl}. Otherwise it throws {@link

 * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> several common uses for this class are now more comprehensively
 * addressed by the new {@link java.util.stream.Stream} library. Read the method documentation below
 * for comparisons. These methods are not being deprecated, but we gently encourage you to migrate
 * to streams.
 *
 * @author Chris Povirk
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault