return requireNonNull(predecessor);
  }

  private int[] requireSuccessors() {
    return requireNonNull(successor);
  }

  /*
   * We don't define getPredecessor+getSuccessor and setPredecessor+setSuccessor here because
   * they're defined above -- including logic to add and subtract 1 to map between the values stored
   * in the predecessor/successor arrays and the indexes in the elements array that they identify.
   */

   *
   * <p>The method signature specifies {@code R extends Comparable} with a raw {@link Comparable},
   * instead of {@code R extends Comparable<? super R>}, and the same for {@code C}. That's
   * necessary to support classes defined without generics.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <R extends Comparable, C extends Comparable, V> TreeBasedTable<R, C, V> create() {

 * specified the JVM flag {@code -XX:+DisableExplicitGC}. But in practice, it works very well for
 * ordinary tests.
 *
 * <p>Failure of the expected event to occur within an implementation-defined "reasonable" time
 * period or an interrupt while waiting for the expected event will result in a {@link
 * RuntimeException}.
 *
 * <p>Here's an example that tests a {@code finalize} method:
 *
 * <pre>{@code

 * #startUp} and {@link #shutDown}) will never run concurrently. Notably, if any execution of {@link
 * #runOneIteration} takes longer than its schedule defines, then subsequent executions may start
 * late. Also, all life cycle methods are executed with a lock held, so subclasses can safely modify
 * shared state without additional synchronization necessary for visibility to later executions of

   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> this class is now obsolete as explained in the class documentation, so
   * there is no need to use this method.
   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that defines the order
   * @return comparator itself if it is already an {@code Ordering}; otherwise an ordering that
   *     wraps that comparator
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)

    }
    return registrySuffixIndexLocal;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the index of the leftmost part of the suffix, or -1 if not found. Note that the value
   * defined as a suffix may not produce {@code true} results from {@link #isPublicSuffix()} or
   * {@link #isRegistrySuffix()} if the domain ends with an excluded domain pattern such as {@code
   * "nhs.uk"}.
   *

 * "numbers") into two sections; this can be done below a certain value, above a certain value,
 * below all values or above all values. With this object defined in this way, an interval can
 * always be represented by a pair of {@code Cut} instances.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible

    }

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the composition of two functions. For {@code f: A->B} and {@code g: B->C}, composition
   * is defined as the function h such that {@code h(a) == g(f(a))} for each {@code a}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> use {@code g.compose(f)} or (probably clearer) {@code f.andThen(g)}
   * instead.
   *

 * cancelled).
 *
 * <p>This class serializes execution of <i>submitted</i> tasks but not any <i>listeners</i> of
 * those tasks.
 *
 * <p>Submitted tasks have a happens-before order as defined in the Java Language Specification.
 * Tasks execute with the same happens-before order that the function calls to {@link #submit} and
 * {@link #submitAsync} that submitted those tasks had.
 *

    return new Splitter(strategy, true, trimmer, limit);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a splitter that behaves equivalently to {@code this} splitter but stops splitting after
   * it reaches the limit. The limit defines the maximum number of items returned by the iterator,
   * or the maximum size of the list returned by {@link #splitToList}.
   *
   * <p>For example, {@code Splitter.on(',').limit(3).split("a,b,c,d")} returns an iterable