// NOTE: if timeout < 0, remainingNanos will be < 0 and we will fall into the while(true) loop
    // at the bottom and throw a timeoutexception.
    final long timeoutNanos = unit.toNanos(timeout); // we rely on the implicit null check on unit.
    long remainingNanos = timeoutNanos;
    if (Thread.interrupted()) {
      throw new InterruptedException();
    }
    Object localValue = value;

   *     Object#equals(Object)}) are present among the method arguments
   */
  // TODO(kevinb): provide replacement
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public static <T> Ordering<T> explicit(T leastValue, T... remainingValuesInOrder) {
    return explicit(Lists.asList(leastValue, remainingValuesInOrder));
  }

  // Ordering<Object> singletons

  /**

   * is empty.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> Typical uses of the resulting iterator may produce an infinite loop. You
   * should use an explicit {@code break} or be certain that you will eventually remove all the
   * elements.
   *
   * <p>To cycle over the iterable {@code n} times, use the following: {@code
   * Iterables.concat(Collections.nCopies(n, iterable))}

   */
  public static <K extends Comparable<?>, V> Builder<K, V> naturalOrder() {
    return new Builder<>(Ordering.natural());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a builder that creates immutable sorted maps with an explicit comparator. If the
   * comparator has a more general type than the map's keys, such as creating a {@code
   * SortedMap<Integer, String>} with a {@code Comparator<Number>}, use the {@link Builder}
   * constructor instead.

    }
    return new RegularImmutableSortedSet<E>(
        ImmutableList.<E>asImmutableList(contents, uniques), comparator);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a builder that creates immutable sorted sets with an explicit comparator. If the
   * comparator has a more general type than the set being generated, such as creating a {@code
   * SortedSet<Integer>} with a {@code Comparator<Number>}, use the {@link Builder} constructor
   * instead.

   * user-created objects that aren't accessible via this range set's methods. This is generally
   * used to determine whether {@code copyOf} implementations should make an explicit copy to avoid
   * memory leaks.
   */
  boolean isPartialView() {
    return ranges.isPartialView();
  }

  /** Returns a new builder for an immutable range set. */

     * called, in which case entries are sorted by value.
     *
     * <p>Prefer the equivalent method {@link #buildOrThrow()} to make it explicit that the method
     * will throw an exception if there are duplicate keys. The {@code build()} method will soon be
     * deprecated.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if duplicate keys were added
     */

      this.cells.addAll(other.cells);
      return this;
    }

    /**
     * Returns a newly-created immutable table.
     *
     * <p>Prefer the equivalent method {@link #buildOrThrow()} to make it explicit that the method
     * will throw an exception if there are duplicate key pairs. The {@code build()} method will
     * soon be deprecated.
     *
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if duplicate key pairs were added

     * was called, in which case entries are sorted by value.
     *
     * <p>Prefer the equivalent method {@link #buildOrThrow()} to make it explicit that the method
     * will throw an exception if there are duplicate keys or values. The {@code build()} method
     * will soon be deprecated.
     *

   * natural ordering.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableSortedSet#copyOf(Iterable)}
   * instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> If {@code elements} is a {@code SortedSet} with an explicit comparator, this
   * method has different behavior than {@link TreeSet#TreeSet(SortedSet)}, which returns a {@code
   * TreeSet} with that comparator.
   *