* @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty or if {@code position}
   *     is greater than the number of elements remaining in {@code iterator}
   * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterator} or {@code defaultValue} if
   *     {@code iterator} produces fewer than {@code position + 1} elements.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative
   * @since 4.0
   */

   * natural ordering. The sorted multisets use {@link Ordering#natural()} as the comparator. This
   * method provides more type-safety than {@link #builder}, as it can be called only for classes
   * that implement {@link Comparable}.
   *
   * <p>Note: the type parameter {@code E} extends {@code Comparable<?>} rather than {@code
   * Comparable<? super E>} as a workaround for javac <a

 * @since 10.0 (<a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/Compatibility">mostly
 *     source-compatible</a> since 4.0)
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
/*
 * The type parameter is <T> rather than <T extends @Nullable> so that we can use T in the
 * doEquivalent and doHash methods to indicate that the parameter cannot be null.
 */
public abstract class Equivalence<T>
{
  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */

      </plugin>
      <plugin>
        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <excludes>
            <!-- 3. Don't include it in the source jar (since it's really more of a "test" than it is production code). -->
            <exclude>**/ForceGuavaCompilation*</exclude>
            <exclude>**/DummyJavadocClass*</exclude>
          </excludes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
      <plugin>

  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(
      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {

  }

  /**
   * This method returns a {@code ImmutableSortedMap}, consisting of the entries whose keys are less
   * than {@code toKey}.
   *
   * <p>The {@link SortedMap#headMap} documentation states that a submap of a submap throws an
   * {@link IllegalArgumentException} if passed a {@code toKey} greater than an earlier {@code
   * toKey}. However, this method doesn't throw an exception in that situation, but instead keeps

   * by RFC 3720, Section 12.1.
   *
   * <p>This function is best understood as a <a
   * href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum">checksum</a> rather than a true <a
   * href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function">hash function</a>.
   *
   * @since 18.0
   */
  public static HashFunction crc32c() {
    return Crc32cHashFunction.CRC_32_C;
  }

   * @param size the size of that array, list or string
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if either index is negative or is greater than {@code size},
   *     or if {@code end} is less than {@code start}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is negative
   */
  public static void checkPositionIndexes(int start, int end, int size) {

              "estimated size of spliterator after trySplit (%s) is larger than original size (%s)",
              spliterator.estimateSize(), originalSize));
    }
    if (trySplit != null) {
      if (trySplit.estimateSize() > originalSize) {
        fail(
            format(
                "estimated size of trySplit result (%s) is larger than original size (%s)",
                trySplit.estimateSize(), originalSize));

   * IllegalArgumentException} if passed a {@code fromElement} smaller than an earlier {@code
   * fromElement}. However, this method doesn't throw an exception in that situation, but instead
   * keeps the original {@code fromElement}. Similarly, this method keeps the original {@code
   * toElement}, instead of throwing an exception, if passed a {@code toElement} greater than an
   * earlier {@code toElement}.
   */
  @Override