/*
     * We keep an array of elements and counts.  Periodically -- when we need more room in the
     * array, or when we're building, or the like -- we sort, deduplicate, and combine the counts.
     * Negative counts indicate a setCount operation with ~counts[i].
     */

    private final Comparator<? super E> comparator;

    @VisibleForTesting E[] elements;
    private int[] counts;

    /*

    private final String name;
    private final ImmutableList<Type> bounds;

    TypeVariableImpl(D genericDeclaration, String name, Type[] bounds) {
      disallowPrimitiveType(bounds, "bound for type variable");
      this.genericDeclaration = checkNotNull(genericDeclaration);
      this.name = checkNotNull(name);
      this.bounds = ImmutableList.copyOf(bounds);
    }

    public Type[] getBounds() {

   * {@code Supplier}, whose elements are the result of applying {@code elementFunction} to the
   * inputs, with counts equal to the result of applying {@code countFunction} to the inputs.
   * Elements are added in encounter order.
   *
   * <p>If the mapped elements contain duplicates (according to {@link Object#equals}), the element
   * will be added more than once, with the count summed over all appearances of the element.
   *

 * intended to "fill the gap" and provide those features of {@code Ordering} not already provided by
 * the JDK.
 *
 * @since 21.0
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Comparators {
  private Comparators() {}

  /**

  /**
   * Returns the element at the specified position in an iterable.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code stream.skip(position).findFirst().get()} (throws
   * {@code NoSuchElementException} if out of bounds)
   *
   * @param position position of the element to return
   * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterable}

import java.util.Map.Entry;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A hash-based implementation of {@link ImmutableMap}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class RegularImmutableMap<K, V> extends ImmutableMap<K, V> {
  private static final byte ABSENT = -1;

 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0 (implements {@code NavigableSet} since 12.0)
 */
// TODO(benyu): benchmark and optimize all creation paths, which are a mess now
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)

 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0 (implements {@code NavigableMap} since 12.0)
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A {@link RangeMap} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties
 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 14.0
 */
@GwtIncompatible // NavigableMap
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public class ImmutableRangeMap<K extends Comparable<?>, V> implements RangeMap<K, V>, Serializable {

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * A {@link RangeSet} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties
 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 14.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault