E[] array = (E[]) Iterables.toArray(elements);
    checkElementsNotNull(array);
    Arrays.sort(array, comparator);
    return asImmutableList(array);
  }

  /** Views the array as an immutable list. Checks for nulls; does not copy. */
  private static <E> ImmutableList<E> construct(Object... elements) {
    return asImmutableList(checkElementsNotNull(elements));
  }

  /**

    Object temp = array[i];
    array[i] = array[j];
    array[j] = temp;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  static Object[] checkElementsNotNull(Object... array) {
    return checkElementsNotNull(array, array.length);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  static Object[] checkElementsNotNull(Object[] array, int length) {
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      checkElementNotNull(array[i], i);
    }
    return array;

    array[i] = array[j];
    array[j] = temp;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  static Object[] checkElementsNotNull(Object... array) {
    checkElementsNotNull(array, array.length);
    return array;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  static @Nullable Object[] checkElementsNotNull(@Nullable Object[] array, int length) {
    for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
      checkElementNotNull(array[i], i);
    }

 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.google.common.collect;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays.checkElementsNotNull;

import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.CollectPreconditions.checkNonnegative;
import static com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays.checkElementsNotNull;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.J2ktIncompatible;

package com.google.common.collect;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.ObjectArrays.checkElementsNotNull;
import static java.lang.System.arraycopy;
import static java.util.Arrays.sort;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import com.google.common.annotations.GwtIncompatible;