SettableFuture<?> unused = SettableFuture.create();
    // Hack to load AbstractFuture et. al. in a new classloader so that it re-reads the cancellation
    // cause system property.  This allows us to run with both settings of the property in one jvm
    // without resorting to even crazier hacks to reset static final boolean fields.
    System.setProperty("guava.concurrent.generate_cancellation_cause", "true");

 *       {@code NullPointerTester} would need are not available) and in case of <a
 *       href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202469">JDK-8202469</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after we're able to adopt the <a
 * href="https://jspecify.dev/">JSpecify</a> nullness annotations and <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1203145963">tools no longer need
 * it</a>.

 *       {@code NullPointerTester} would need are not available) and in case of <a
 *       href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202469">JDK-8202469</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after we're able to adopt the <a
 * href="https://jspecify.dev/">JSpecify</a> nullness annotations and <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1203145963">tools no longer need
 * it</a>.

 *       {@code NullPointerTester} would need are not available) and in case of <a
 *       href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202469">JDK-8202469</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after we're able to adopt the <a
 * href="https://jspecify.dev/">JSpecify</a> nullness annotations and <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1203145963">tools no longer need
 * it</a>.

    SettableFuture<?> unused = SettableFuture.create();
    // Hack to load AbstractFuture et. al. in a new classloader so that it re-reads the cancellation
    // cause system property.  This allows us to run with both settings of the property in one jvm
    // without resorting to even crazier hacks to reset static final boolean fields.
    System.setProperty("guava.concurrent.generate_cancellation_cause", "true");

      // to ensure the first test of either value will fail.
      safeMax = -1;
      safeMin = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    }
    this.safeMin = safeMin;
    this.safeMax = safeMax;

    // This is a bit of a hack but lets us do quicker per-character checks in
    // the fast path code. The safe min/max values are very unlikely to extend
    // into the range of surrogate characters, but if they do we must not test

   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedSet<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    // Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedSetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<E> naturalOrder = (Ordering<E>) Ordering.<Comparable<?>>natural();

 *       {@code NullPointerTester} would need are not available) and in case of <a
 *       href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202469">JDK-8202469</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after we're able to adopt the <a
 * href="https://jspecify.dev/">JSpecify</a> nullness annotations and <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1203145963">tools no longer need
 * it</a>.

 *       {@code NullPointerTester} would need are not available) and in case of <a
 *       href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202469">JDK-8202469</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after we're able to adopt the <a
 * href="https://jspecify.dev/">JSpecify</a> nullness annotations and <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/6126#issuecomment-1203145963">tools no longer need
 * it</a>.

   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedSet<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    // Hack around E not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedSetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<E> naturalOrder = (Ordering<E>) Ordering.<Comparable<?>>natural();