* Comparators}</a>.
   *
   * @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.
   * @param b second value to compare.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i>.
   * @since 30.0
   */
  public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> T min(T a, T b) {
    return (a.compareTo(b) <= 0) ? a : 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;
    return unsafeComparator.compare(a, b);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static final Comparator<Object> NATURAL_ORDER =
      new Comparator<Object>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
          return ((Comparable<Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);
        }
      };

  private final NavigableSet<E> delegate;

  public SafeTreeSet() {
    this(new TreeSet<E>());
  }

    private BelowAll() {
      /*
       * No code ever sees this bogus value for `endpoint`: This class overrides both methods that
       * use the `endpoint` field, compareTo() and endpoint(). Additionally, the main implementation
       * of Cut.compareTo checks for belowAll before reading accessing `endpoint` on another Cut
       * instance.
       */
      super("");
    }

    @Override

@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public class TreeMultimapExplicitTest extends TestCase {

  /**
   * Compare strings lengths, and if the lengths are equal compare the strings. A {@code null} is
   * less than any non-null value.
   */
  private enum StringLength implements Comparator<@Nullable String> {
    COMPARATOR;

    @Override
    public int compare(@Nullable String first, @Nullable String second) {
      if (first == second) {
        return 0;

/**
 * A multiset which maintains the ordering of its elements, according to either their natural order
 * or an explicit {@link Comparator}. In all cases, this implementation uses {@link
 * Comparable#compareTo} or {@link Comparator#compare} instead of {@link Object#equals} to determine
 * equivalence of instances.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The comparison must be <i>consistent with equals</i> as explained by the

      return new Ordering<Entry<String, Integer>>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Entry<String, Integer> left, Entry<String, Integer> right) {
          return left.getKey().compareTo(right.getKey());
        }
      }.sortedCopy(insertionOrder);
    }

    @Override
    public List<Entry<String, Integer>> create(Object... elements) {

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static final Comparator<Object> NATURAL_ORDER =
      new Comparator<Object>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
          return ((Comparable<Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);
        }
      };

  private final NavigableMap<K, V> delegate;

  public SafeTreeMap() {
    this(new TreeMap<K, V>());
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  private static final Comparator<Object> NATURAL_ORDER =
      new Comparator<Object>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
          return ((Comparable<Object>) o1).compareTo(o2);
        }
      };

  private final NavigableMap<K, V> delegate;

  public SafeTreeMap() {
    this(new TreeMap<K, V>());
  }

  public void testGet_comparable() {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // The null value can compare with any Object
    Comparable<Object> comparable = ArbitraryInstances.get(Comparable.class);
    assertEquals(0, comparable.compareTo(comparable));
    assertTrue(comparable.compareTo("") > 0);
    assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> comparable.compareTo(null));
  }

  public void testGet_array() {