/**
 * An ordering that treats all references as equals, even nulls.
 *
 * @author Emily Soldal
 */
@GwtCompatible
final class AllEqualOrdering extends Ordering<@Nullable Object> implements Serializable {
  static final AllEqualOrdering INSTANCE = new AllEqualOrdering();

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("UnusedVariable") // intentionally weird Comparator
  public int compare(@Nullable Object left, @Nullable Object right) {

   * cases you may need to cast that to {@code Comparator<YourType>}).
   *
   * @since 13.0
   */
  public static Ordering<@Nullable Object> allEqual() {
    return AllEqualOrdering.INSTANCE;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an ordering that compares objects by the natural ordering of their string
   * representations as returned by {@code toString()}. It does not support null values.
   *