* Object[])} comparator when comparing a value outside the set of values it can compare.
   * Extending {@link ClassCastException} may seem odd, but it is required.
   */
  @VisibleForTesting
  static class IncomparableValueException extends ClassCastException {
    final Object value;

    IncomparableValueException(Object value) {
      super("Cannot compare value: " + value);

   * Comparators}</a>.
   *
   * @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.
   * @param b second value to compare.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i>.
   * @since 30.0
   */
  public static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> T min(T a, T b) {
    return (a.compareTo(b) <= 0) ? a : b;
  }

  /**

  /**
   * Delegates to {@link Map#get}. Returns {@code null} on {@code ClassCastException} and {@code
   * NullPointerException}.
   */
  @CheckForNull
  static <V extends @Nullable Object> V safeGet(Map<?, V> map, @CheckForNull Object key) {
    checkNotNull(map);
    try {
      return map.get(key);
    } catch (ClassCastException | NullPointerException e) {
      return null;
    }
  }

  /**

   * undocumented and subject to change.
   *
   * <p>This method is not type-safe, as it may be called on elements that are not mutually
   * comparable.
   *
   * @throws ClassCastException if the elements are not mutually comparable
   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {

   * undocumented and subject to change.
   *
   * <p>This method is not type-safe, as it may be called on elements that are not mutually
   * comparable.
   *
   * @throws ClassCastException if the elements are not mutually comparable
   * @throws NullPointerException if any of {@code elements} is null
   */
  public static <E> ImmutableSortedSet<E> copyOf(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {

        return false;
      }
      try {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // we catch CCE's
        C c = (C) o;
        return ImmutableRangeSet.this.contains(c);
      } catch (ClassCastException e) {
        return false;
      }
    }

    @Override
    int indexOf(@CheckForNull Object target) {
      if (contains(target)) {

   * type {@code K}. Using an {@code EntryTransformer} key type for which this may not hold, such as
   * {@code ArrayList}, may risk a {@code ClassCastException} when calling methods on the
   * transformed multimap.
   *
   * @since 7.0
   */
  public static <
          K extends @Nullable Object, V1 extends @Nullable Object, V2 extends @Nullable Object>

   * Objects.equals(o, element)} would return {@code true}. Otherwise returns {@code false}, even in
   * cases where {@link Collection#contains} might throw {@link NullPointerException} or {@link
   * ClassCastException}.
   */
  // <? extends @Nullable Object> instead of <?> because of Kotlin b/189937072, discussed in Joiner.
  public static boolean contains(

    }
    if (object instanceof Set) {
      Set<?> o = (Set<?>) object;

      try {
        return s.size() == o.size() && s.containsAll(o);
      } catch (NullPointerException | ClassCastException ignored) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable view of the specified navigable set. This method allows modules to

   * undocumented and subject to change.
   *
   * <p>This method is not type-safe, as it may be called on a map with keys that are not mutually
   * comparable.
   *
   * @throws ClassCastException if the keys in {@code map} are not mutually comparable
   * @throws NullPointerException if any key or value in {@code map} is null