* 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.

   * 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
   */

   */
  // 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) {

   * 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

   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if any two keys are equal according to their natural ordering
   */
  public static <K, V> ImmutableSortedMap<K, V> copyOf(Map<? extends K, ? extends V> map) {
    // Hack around K not being a subtype of Comparable.
    // Unsafe, see ImmutableSortedSetFauxverideShim.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    Ordering<K> naturalOrder = (Ordering<K>) NATURAL_ORDER;
    return copyOfInternal(map, naturalOrder);

   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> a new random seed for these functions is chosen each time the {@code
   * Hashing} class is loaded. <b>Do not use this method</b> if hash codes may escape the current
   * process in any way, for example being sent over RPC, or saved to disk. For a general-purpose,
   * non-cryptographic hash function that will never change behavior, we suggest {@link
   * #murmur3_128}.
   *

 *
 * <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. This class is not being deprecated, but we gently encourage you to migrate to
 * streams.
 *
 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterables produced in this class

  //   is). If we wanted to be strict about it, we could store the unpark() time in the Waiter node
  //   and we could use that to make a decision about whether or not we timed out prior to being
  //   unparked.

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>The default {@link AbstractFuture} implementation throws {@code InterruptedException} if the