for (int i = 0; i < params.size(); i++) {
        TypeToken<?> paramType = type.resolveType(typeVars[i]);
        // We require all @Generates methods to either be parameter-less or accept non-null
        // values for their generic parameter types.
        Object argValue = generate(paramType);
        if (argValue == null) {
          // When a parameter of a @Generates method cannot be created,

   * until a nonzero result is found; imposes "dictionary order." If the end of one iterable is
   * reached, but not the other, the shorter iterable is considered to be less than the longer one.
   * For example, a lexicographical natural ordering over integers considers {@code [] < [1] < [1,
   * 1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
   *

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableSortedMap(
        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 =

      for (int i = 0; i < params.size(); i++) {
        TypeToken<?> paramType = type.resolveType(typeVars[i]);
        // We require all @Generates methods to either be parameter-less or accept non-null
        // values for their generic parameter types.
        Object argValue = generate(paramType);
        if (argValue == null) {
          // When a parameter of a @Generates method cannot be created,

   * any of the public methods of ListenableFuture.
   */
  interface Trusted<V extends @Nullable Object> extends ListenableFuture<V> {}

  /**
   * A less abstract subclass of AbstractFuture. This can be used to optimize setFuture by ensuring
   * that {@link #get} calls exactly the implementation of {@link AbstractFuture#get}.
   */

 * exposes at least one public static final constant of the same type, one of the constants will be
 * used; or if the class exposes a public parameter-less constructor then it will be "new"d and
 * returned.
 *
 * <p>All default instances returned by {@link #get} are generics-safe. Clients won't get type

 * exposes at least one public static final constant of the same type, one of the constants will be
 * used; or if the class exposes a public parameter-less constructor then it will be "new"d and
 * returned.
 *
 * <p>All default instances returned by {@link #get} are generics-safe. Clients won't get type

  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableMap
  private static class FilteredEntryNavigableMap<
          K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
      extends AbstractNavigableMap<K, V> {
    /*
     * It's less code to extend AbstractNavigableMap and forward the filtering logic to
     * FilteredEntryMap than to extend FilteredEntrySortedMap and reimplement all the NavigableMap
     * methods.
     */

    int skipped = advance(iterator, position);
    if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
      throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException(
          "position ("
              + position
              + ") must be less than the number of elements that remained ("
              + skipped
              + ")");
    }
    return iterator.next();
  }

  /**

  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
  public <S extends T> Ordering<S> reverse() {
    return new ReverseOrdering<>(this);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an ordering that treats {@code null} as less than all other values and uses {@code
   * this} to compare non-null values.
   *
   * <p>The returned object is serializable if this object is serializable.
   *