* ordering.
   *
   * @since 11.0 (but the bound of {@code E} was changed from {@code Object} to {@code Comparable}
   *     in 15.0)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // PriorityBlockingQueue
  public static <E extends Comparable> PriorityBlockingQueue<E> newPriorityBlockingQueue() {
    return new PriorityBlockingQueue<>();
  }

  /**

   * ordering.
   *
   * @since 11.0 (but the bound of {@code E} was changed from {@code Object} to {@code Comparable}
   *     in 15.0)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // PriorityBlockingQueue
  public static <E extends Comparable> PriorityBlockingQueue<E> newPriorityBlockingQueue() {
    return new PriorityBlockingQueue<>();
  }

  /**

 * types, though their use may still require an explicit type parameter and/or warning suppression.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"ComparableType", "rawtypes"}) // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
class LegacyComparable implements Comparable, Serializable {
  static final LegacyComparable X = new LegacyComparable("x");

 * types, though their use may still require an explicit type parameter and/or warning suppression.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings({"ComparableType", "rawtypes"}) // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
class LegacyComparable implements Comparable, Serializable {
  static final LegacyComparable X = new LegacyComparable("x");

   * KeyAbsentBehavior)} using {@link Ordering#natural}.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <E extends Comparable> int binarySearch(
      List<? extends E> list,
      E e,
      KeyPresentBehavior presentBehavior,
      KeyAbsentBehavior absentBehavior) {
    checkNotNull(e);

   * KeyAbsentBehavior)} using {@link Ordering#natural}.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <E extends Comparable> int binarySearch(
      List<? extends E> list,
      E e,
      KeyPresentBehavior presentBehavior,
      KeyAbsentBehavior absentBehavior) {
    checkNotNull(e);

   * 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() {
    return new TreeBasedTable<>(Ordering.natural(), Ordering.natural());
  }

  /**

 * always be represented by a pair of {@code Cut} instances.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
abstract class Cut<C extends Comparable> implements Comparable<Cut<C>>, Serializable {
  final C endpoint;

  Cut(C endpoint) {
    this.endpoint = endpoint;
  }

 * always be represented by a pair of {@code Cut} instances.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
abstract class Cut<C extends Comparable> implements Comparable<Cut<C>>, Serializable {
  final C endpoint;

  Cut(C endpoint) {
    this.endpoint = endpoint;
  }

   * sized appropriately to hold {@code expectedSize} elements.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static Builder<Comparable> expectedSize(int expectedSize) {
    return new Builder<Comparable>(Ordering.natural()).expectedSize(expectedSize);
  }

  /**