assertThat(Stream.empty().collect(toOptional())).isEmpty();
  }

  public void testToOptionalSingleton() {
    assertThat(Stream.of(1).collect(toOptional())).hasValue(1);
  }

  public void testToOptionalNull() {
    Stream<@Nullable Object> stream = Stream.of((Object) null);
    assertThrows(NullPointerException.class, () -> stream.collect(toOptional()));
  }

  public void testToOptionalMultiple() {

   * @return {@code Optional.of(onlyElement)} if the stream has exactly one element (must not be
   *     {@code null}) and returns {@code Optional.empty()} if it has none.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <T> Collector<T, ?, Optional<T>> toOptional() {
    return (Collector) TO_OPTIONAL;
  }

  private static final Object NULL_PLACEHOLDER = new Object();

   * iterable is empty.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> the {@code Stream} equivalent to this method is {@code
   * stream.collect(MoreCollectors.toOptional()).orElse(defaultValue)}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple elements
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T getOnlyElement(

   * iterable is empty.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> the {@code Stream} equivalent to this method is {@code
   * stream.collect(MoreCollectors.toOptional()).orElse(defaultValue)}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the iterator contains multiple elements
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T getOnlyElement(

 * @since 10.0
 */
@DoNotMock("Use Optional.of(value) or Optional.absent()")
@GwtCompatible
public abstract class Optional<T> implements Serializable {
  /**
   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance with no contained reference.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.empty}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> absent() {
    return Absent.withType();
  }

  }

  public void testToJavaUtil_instance() {
    assertEquals(java.util.Optional.empty(), Optional.absent().toJavaUtil());
    assertEquals(java.util.Optional.of("abc"), Optional.of("abc").toJavaUtil());
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("NullOptional")
  public void testFromJavaUtil() {
    assertThat(Optional.fromJavaUtil(null)).isNull();

    throw new IllegalStateException("Optional.get() cannot be called on an absent value");
  }

  @Override
  public T or(T defaultValue) {
    return checkNotNull(defaultValue, "use Optional.orNull() instead of Optional.or(null)");
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast
  @Override
  public Optional<T> or(Optional<? extends T> secondChoice) {
    return (Optional<T>) checkNotNull(secondChoice);
  }

  }

  private static final Function<Object, Optional<?>> NULLABLE_TO_OPTIONAL =
      new Function<Object, Optional<?>>() {
        @Override
        public Optional<?> apply(@Nullable Object obj) {
          return Optional.fromNullable(obj);
        }
      };

  private static final Function<Optional<?>, @Nullable Object> OPTIONAL_TO_NULLABLE =
      new Function<Optional<?>, @Nullable Object>() {
        @Override

  public void testEmptiesFirst() {
    Optional<String> empty = Optional.empty();
    Optional<String> abc = Optional.of("abc");
    Optional<String> z = Optional.of("z");

    Comparator<Optional<String>> comparator = emptiesFirst(comparing(String::length));
    testComparator(comparator, empty, z, abc);

    // Just demonstrate that no explicit type parameter is required
    Comparator<Optional<String>> unused = emptiesFirst(naturalOrder());

  @Override
  public T get() {
    return reference;
  }

  @Override
  public T or(T defaultValue) {
    checkNotNull(defaultValue, "use Optional.orNull() instead of Optional.or(null)");
    return reference;
  }

  @Override
  public Optional<T> or(Optional<? extends T> secondChoice) {
    checkNotNull(secondChoice);
    return this;
  }

  @Override
  public T or(Supplier<? extends T> supplier) {