import java.io.Serializable;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/** An ordering that uses the natural order of the values. */
@GwtCompatible
final class NaturalOrdering extends Ordering<Comparable<?>> implements Serializable {
  static final NaturalOrdering INSTANCE = new NaturalOrdering();

  // TODO: b/287198172 - Consider eagerly initializing these (but think about serialization).

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

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

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

  @Override

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

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

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

  @Override

  // TODO(kevinb): right way to explain this??
  // plus https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <C extends Comparable> Ordering<C> natural() {
    return (Ordering<C>) NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE;
  }

  // Static factories

  /**
   * Returns an ordering based on an <i>existing</i> comparator instance. Note that it is