*
     * <ul>
     *   <li>For an empty list, it is 1 (base case).
     *   <li>When r numbers are added to a list of n-r elements, the number of permutations is
     *       increased by a factor of (n choose r).
     * </ul>
     */
    private static <E> int calculateSize(
        List<E> sortedInputList, Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
      int permutations = 1;
      int n = 1;
      int r = 1;

     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>For an empty list, it is 1 (base case).
     *   <li>When r numbers are added to a list of n-r elements, the number of permutations is
     *       increased by a factor of (n choose r).
     * </ul>
     */
    private static <E> int calculateSize(
        List<E> sortedInputList, Comparator<? super E> comparator) {
      int permutations = 1;
      int n = 1;
      int r = 1;