return ((Comparable<Object>) right).compareTo(left);
  }

  @Override
  public <S extends Comparable<?>> Ordering<S> reverse() {
    return Ordering.natural();
  }

  // Override the min/max methods to "hoist" delegation outside loops

  @Override
  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E min(E a, E b) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(a, b);
  }

  @Override

Gryphon.  `Do you know why it's called a whiting?'

  `I never thought about it,' said Alice.  `Why?'

  `IT DOES THE BOOTS AND SHOES.' the Gryphon replied very
solemnly.

  Alice was thoroughly puzzled.  `Does the boots and shoes!' she
repeated in a wondering tone.

  `Why, what are YOUR shoes done with?' said the Gryphon.  `I
mean, what makes them so shiny?'

  }

  public void testSerialization() {
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromParts("host", 80));
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromString("host"));
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromString("host:80"));
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromString("[::1]:104"));

   *     of range.
   */
  public static HostAndPort fromParts(String host, int port) {
    checkArgument(isValidPort(port), "Port out of range: %s", port);
    HostAndPort parsedHost = fromString(host);
    checkArgument(!parsedHost.hasPort(), "Host has a port: %s", host);
    return new HostAndPort(parsedHost.host, port, parsedHost.hasBracketlessColons);

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // how to explain?
  @Override
  public <S extends T> Ordering<S> reverse() {
    return (Ordering<S>) forwardOrder;
  }

  // Override the min/max methods to "hoist" delegation outside loops

  @Override
  public <E extends T> E min(@ParametricNullness E a, @ParametricNullness E b) {
    return forwardOrder.max(a, b);
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends T> E min(

 * will return {@code true} for many domains which (currently) are not hosts, such as {@code "com"},
 * but given that any public suffix may become a host without warning, it is better to err on the
 * side of permissiveness and thus avoid spurious rejection of valid sites. Of course, to actually

Gryphon.  `Do you know why it's called a whiting?'

  `I never thought about it,' said Alice.  `Why?'

  `IT DOES THE BOOTS AND SHOES.' the Gryphon replied very
solemnly.

  Alice was thoroughly puzzled.  `Does the boots and shoes!' she
repeated in a wondering tone.

  `Why, what are YOUR shoes done with?' said the Gryphon.  `I
mean, what makes them so shiny?'

   *
   * @since 17.0
   */
  public static final String FOLLOW_ONLY_WHEN_PRERENDER_SHOWN = "Follow-Only-When-Prerender-Shown";
  /** The HTTP {@code Host} header field name. */
  public static final String HOST = "Host";
  /**
   * The HTTP <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7540#section-3.2.1">{@code HTTP2-Settings}
   * </a> header field name.
   *
   * @since 24.0
   */

  }

  /**
   * Returns a string representation of the host specifier suitable for inclusion in a URI. If the
   * host specifier is a domain name, the string will be normalized to all lower case. If the
   * specifier was an IPv6 address without brackets, brackets are added so that the result will be
   * usable in the host part of a URI.
   */
  @Override
  public String toString() {

  }

  public void testSerialization() {
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromParts("host", 80));
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromString("host"));
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromString("host:80"));
    SerializableTester.reserializeAndAssert(HostAndPort.fromString("[::1]:104"));