*
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> fromNullable(@CheckForNull T nullableReference) {
    return (nullableReference == null) ? Optional.<T>absent() : new Present<T>(nullableReference);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the equivalent {@code com.google.common.base.Optional} value to the given {@code

   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code Stream.empty()}.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> FluentIterable<E> of() {
    return FluentIterable.from(Collections.<E>emptyList());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a fluent iterable containing the specified elements in order.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@link java.util.stream.Stream#of(Object[])

  }

  protected void initMapWithNullKey() {
    resetMap(createArrayWithNullKey());
  }

  protected void initMapWithNullValue() {
    resetMap(createArrayWithNullValue());
  }

  /**
   * Equivalent to {@link #expectMissingKeys(Object[]) expectMissingKeys} {@code (null)} except that
   * the call to {@code contains(null)} is permitted to throw a {@code NullPointerException}.
   *

     *
     * <p>Note that the return value will be {@code >= 0} if and only if there is an element of the
     * list that compares as equal to the key.
     *
     * <p>This is equivalent to the behavior of {@link java.util.Collections#binarySearch(List,
     * Object)} when the key isn't present, since {@code ~insertionIndex} is equal to {@code -1 -
     * insertionIndex}.
     */

  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by their natural ordering.
   * When multiple elements are equivalent according to {@link Comparable#compareTo}, only the first
   * one specified is included.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */

   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

    } catch (AssertionFailedError expected) {
      assertThat(expected.getMessage())
          .contains(
              "TestObject{group=1, item=2} [group 1, item 2] must be equivalent to "
                  + "TestObject{group=1, item=1} [group 1, item 1]");
      return;
    }
    fail();
  }

  public void testTest_transitive() {
    Object group1Item1 = new TestObject(1, 1);

    } catch (AssertionFailedError expected) {
      assertThat(expected.getMessage())
          .contains(
              "TestObject{group=1, item=2} [group 1, item 2] must be equivalent to "
                  + "TestObject{group=1, item=1} [group 1, item 1]");
      return;
    }
    fail();
  }

  public void testTest_transitive() {
    Object group1Item1 = new TestObject(1, 1);

 * {@link #callAndAssertBlocks} method is ever called in a test, the lock-like object must have a
 * method equivalent to {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock#hasQueuedThread(Thread)}. If
 * the {@link #callAndAssertWaits} method is ever called in a test, the lock-like object must have a
 * method equivalent to {@link
 * java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock#hasWaiters(java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition)},

     *
     * @return The global settings file or {@code null} if none.
     */
    File getGlobalSettingsFile();

    /**
     * Sets the global settings file. A non-existent settings file is equivalent to empty settings. If both user
     * settings and global settings are given, the user settings take precedence.
     *
     * @param globalSettingsFile The global settings file, may be {@code null} to disable global settings.