long weightA = comparator.getProjectWeight(ProjectDependencyGraphStub.A);
        long weightB = comparator.getProjectWeight(ProjectDependencyGraphStub.B);
        long weightC = comparator.getProjectWeight(ProjectDependencyGraphStub.C);
        long weightX = comparator.getProjectWeight(ProjectDependencyGraphStub.X);
        long weightY = comparator.getProjectWeight(ProjectDependencyGraphStub.Y);

    private final Comparator<MavenProject> comparator;

    public SmartProjectComparator(ProjectDependencyGraph dependencyGraph) {
        this.dependencyGraph = dependencyGraph;
        this.projectWeights = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
        this.comparator = createComparator();
    }

    /**
     * Gets the comparator for ordering projects by critical path priority.
     *

    @Override
    protected List<String> create(String[] elements) {
      Comparator<String> comparator = createExplicitComparator(elements);
      ImmutableSet<String> set = ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(comparator, asList(elements));
      return set.asList();
    }
  }

      Comparator<T> comparator) {
    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */

  other: Array<String>?,
  comparator: Comparator<in String>,
): Boolean {
  if (isEmpty() || other == null || other.isEmpty()) {
    return false
  }
  for (a in this) {
    for (b in other) {
      if (comparator.compare(a, b) == 0) {
        return true
      }
    }
  }
  return false
}

internal fun Array<String>.indexOf(
  value: String,
  comparator: Comparator<String>,

   * Comparator}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code comparator} or any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(
      Comparator<? super E> comparator, Iterator<? extends E> elements) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    return new Builder<E>(comparator).addAll(elements).build();
  }

  /**

   * ClassCastException}.
   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that will be used to sort this multiset. A null value
   *     indicates that the elements' <i>natural ordering</i> should be used.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> TreeMultiset<E> create(
      @Nullable Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
    return (comparator == null)

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Tests for {@code Comparators}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@NullMarked
public class ComparatorsTest extends TestCase {
  public void testLexicographical() {
    Comparator<String> comparator = Ordering.natural();
    Comparator<Iterable<String>> lexy = Comparators.lexicographical(comparator);

    ImmutableList<String> empty = ImmutableList.of();

    private final Comparator<? super E> comparator;

    public Builder(Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
      this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator);
    }

    Builder(Comparator<? super E> comparator, int expectedSize) {
      super(expectedSize);
      this.comparator = checkNotNull(comparator);
    }

    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    @Override
    public Builder<E> add(E element) {

   * should be identical to the one the user passed in. We touch only the
   * "secret" comparator used by the delegate implementation.
   */

  private static <K, V> SortedMap<K, V> newModifiableDelegate(Comparator<? super K> comparator) {
    return newTreeMap(nullAccepting(comparator));
  }

  private static <E> Comparator<@Nullable E> nullAccepting(Comparator<E> comparator) {