*
 * <p>Caffeine defines its own interfaces (<a
 * href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/latest/com.github.benmanes.caffeine/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/Cache.html">{@code
 * Cache}</a>, <a
 * href="https://www.javadoc.io/doc/com.github.ben-manes.caffeine/caffeine/latest/com.github.benmanes.caffeine/com/github/benmanes/caffeine/cache/LoadingCache.html">{@code

        comparator, keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /*
   * TODO(kevinb): Confirm that ImmutableSortedMap is faster to construct and
   * uses less memory than TreeMap; then say so in the class Javadoc.
   */
  private static final Comparator<?> NATURAL_ORDER = Ordering.natural();

  private static final ImmutableSortedMap<Comparable<?>, Object> NATURAL_EMPTY_MAP =
      new ImmutableSortedMap<>(

        comparator, keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /*
   * TODO(kevinb): Confirm that ImmutableSortedMap is faster to construct and
   * uses less memory than TreeMap; then say so in the class Javadoc.
   */
  private static final Comparator<?> NATURAL_ORDER = Ordering.natural();

  private static final ImmutableSortedMap<Comparable<?>, Object> NATURAL_EMPTY_MAP =
      new ImmutableSortedMap<>(

   * java.util.stream.Stream#filter}. This method is not being deprecated, but we gently encourage
   * you to migrate to streams.
   */
  // TODO(kevinb): how to omit that last sentence when building GWT javadoc?
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Set<E> filter(
      Set<E> unfiltered, Predicate<? super E> predicate) {
    if (unfiltered instanceof SortedSet) {
      return filter((SortedSet<E>) unfiltered, predicate);