* call. To prevent this problem, create a key object that includes all values that affect the
   * result of the query. Or use {@code LoadingCache.get(K)}, which lacks the ability to refer to
   * state other than that in the key.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> as with {@link CacheLoader#load}, {@code loader} <b>must not</b> return
   * {@code null}; it may either return a non-null value or throw an exception.

   *
   * <p>This method should be overridden when bulk retrieval is significantly more efficient than
   * many individual lookups. Note that {@link LoadingCache#getAll} will defer to individual calls
   * to {@link LoadingCache#get} if this method is not overridden.
   *
   * @param keys the unique, non-null keys whose values should be loaded

  private static Object getJLA() {
    try {
      /*
       * We load sun.misc.* classes using reflection since Android doesn't support these classes and
       * would result in compilation failure if we directly refer to these classes.
       */
      Class<?> sharedSecrets = Class.forName(SHARED_SECRETS_CLASSNAME, false, null);
      Method langAccess = sharedSecrets.getMethod("getJavaLangAccess");
      return langAccess.invoke(null);

   *
   * <p>TODO(b/147144588): We are currently also missing the methods inherited from {@link
   * AnnotatedElement}, which {@code TypeVariable} began to extend only in Java 8. Those methods
   * refer only to types present in Java 7, so we could implement them in {@code TypeVariableImpl}
   * today. (We could probably then make {@code TypeVariableImpl} implement {@code AnnotatedElement}

    this.knownOrder = knownOrder;
    this.startIndex = startIndex;
  }

  /**
   * I'd like to make this a parameter to the constructor, but I can't because the stimulus
   * instances refer to {@code this}.
   */
  protected abstract Iterable<? extends Stimulus<E, ? super I>> getStimulusValues();

  /**
   * Returns a new target iterator each time it's called. This is the iterator you are trying to

  private static Object getJLA() {
    try {
      /*
       * We load sun.misc.* classes using reflection since Android doesn't support these classes and
       * would result in compilation failure if we directly refer to these classes.
       */
      Class<?> sharedSecrets = Class.forName(SHARED_SECRETS_CLASSNAME, false, null);
      Method langAccess = sharedSecrets.getMethod("getJavaLangAccess");
      return langAccess.invoke(null);

 *
 * <p>In this documentation, the terms <i>greatest</i>, <i>greater</i>, <i>least</i>, and
 * <i>lesser</i> are considered to refer to the comparator on the elements, and the terms
 * <i>first</i> and <i>last</i> are considered to refer to the elements' ordering in a list.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class SortedLists {

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * A subscriber method on a specific object, plus the executor that should be used for dispatching
 * events to it.
 *
 * <p>Two subscribers are equivalent when they refer to the same method on the same object (not
 * class). This property is used to ensure that no subscriber method is registered more than once.
 *
 * @author Colin Decker
 */
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

   * instead.
   *
   * <p>Unfortunately, the method reference {@code Optional::toJavaUtil} will not work, because it
   * could refer to either the static or instance version of this method. Write out the lambda
   * expression {@code o -> Optional.toJavaUtil(o)} instead.
   *
   * @since 21.0
   */
  @CheckForNull

   * call. To prevent this problem, create a key object that includes all values that affect the
   * result of the query. Or use {@code LoadingCache.get(K)}, which lacks the ability to refer to
   * state other than that in the key.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> as with {@link CacheLoader#load}, {@code loader} <b>must not</b> return
   * {@code null}; it may either return a non-null value or throw an exception.