* degrades more gracefully for worst-case input.
 *
 * <p>The implementation does not necessarily use a <i>stable</i> sorting algorithm; when multiple
 * equivalent elements are added to it, it is undefined which will come first in the output.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
final class TopKSelector<
    T extends @Nullable Object> {

  /**

         * TypeVariable must have a different declaration or name. The only TypeVariable that our
         * new TypeVariable _will_ be equal to is an equivalent TypeVariable that was also created
         * by us. And that equality is guaranteed to hold because it doesn't involve the JDK
         * TypeVariable implementation at all.
         */

         * TypeVariable must have a different declaration or name. The only TypeVariable that our
         * new TypeVariable _will_ be equal to is an equivalent TypeVariable that was also created
         * by us. And that equality is guaranteed to hold because it doesn't involve the JDK
         * TypeVariable implementation at all.
         */