return stringWriter.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the stack trace of {@code throwable}, possibly providing slower iteration over the full
   * trace but faster iteration over parts of the trace. Here, "slower" and "faster" are defined in
   * comparison to the normal way to access the stack trace, {@link Throwable#getStackTrace()

    return stringWriter.toString();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the stack trace of {@code throwable}, possibly providing slower iteration over the full
   * trace but faster iteration over parts of the trace. Here, "slower" and "faster" are defined in
   * comparison to the normal way to access the stack trace, {@link Throwable#getStackTrace()

  static <E> ImmutableList<E> asImmutableList(Object[] elements) {
    return asImmutableList(elements, elements.length);
  }

  /**
   * Views the array as an immutable list. Copies if the specified range does not cover the complete
   * array. Does not check for nulls.
   */
  static <E> ImmutableList<E> asImmutableList(@Nullable Object[] elements, int length) {
    switch (length) {
      case 0:
        return of();

    // for a list to reject setting an element, such as when the list does not permit
    // duplicate elements. For both of those cases,  we need to fall back to a slower
    // implementation.
    int from = 0;
    int to = 0;

    for (; from < list.size(); from++) {
      T element = list.get(from);
      if (!predicate.apply(element)) {
        if (from > to) {

   *
   * if (guardExpression) {
   *    throw new BadException(badMsg(...));
   * }
   *
   * The alternative natural refactorings into void or Exception-returning methods are much slower.
   * This is a big deal - we're talking factors of 2-8 in microbenchmarks, not just 10-20%. (This is
   * a hotspot optimizer bug, which should be fixed, but that's a separate, big project).
   *

  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable <b>view</b> of the union of two sets. The returned set contains all
   * elements that are contained in either backing set. Iterating over the returned set iterates
   * first over all the elements of {@code set1}, then over each element of {@code set2}, in order,
   * that is not contained in {@code set1}.
   *
   * <p>Results are undefined if {@code set1} and {@code set2} are sets based on different

  abstract ImmutableSortedSet<E> tailSetImpl(E fromElement, boolean inclusive);

  /** @since 12.0 */
  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableSet
  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public E lower(E e) {
    return Iterators.<@Nullable E>getNext(headSet(e, false).descendingIterator(), null);
  }

  /** @since 12.0 */
  @Override
  @CheckForNull
  public E floor(E e) {

   * hash functions. This is critical when the concurrent hash map uses power-of-two length hash
   * tables, that otherwise encounter collisions for hash codes that do not differ in lower or upper
   * bits.
   *
   * @param h hash code
   */
  static int rehash(int h) {
    // Spread bits to regularize both segment and index locations,

 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * Closer closer = Closer.create();
 * try {
 *   InputStream in = closer.register(openInputStream());
 *   OutputStream out = closer.register(openOutputStream());
 *   // do stuff
 * } catch (Throwable e) {
 *   // ensure that any checked exception types other than IOException that could be thrown are
 *   // provided here, e.g. throw closer.rethrow(e, CheckedException.class);

 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * FluentFuture<UserName> userName =
 *     ClosingFuture.submit(
 *             closer -> closer.eventuallyClose(database.newTransaction(), closingExecutor),
 *             executor)
 *         .transformAsync((closer, transaction) -> transaction.queryClosingFuture("..."), executor)
 *         .transform((closer, result) -> result.get("userName"), directExecutor())