*
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
   * <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#comparators">{@code
   * Comparators}</a>.
   *
   * @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.

   *
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
   * <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#comparators">{@code
   * Comparators}</a>.
   *
   * @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.

 * class for information about migrating to {@code java.util.function}.
 *
 * <p>All methods return serializable functions as long as they're given serializable parameters.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of {@code Function}</a>.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

 * {@code int} values. When possible, it is recommended that the {@link UnsignedInteger} wrapper
 * class be used, at a small efficiency penalty, to enforce the distinction in the type system.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained#unsigned-support">unsigned
 * primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 11.0
 */
@GwtCompatible

 * The methods which specifically treat bytes as signed or unsigned are found in {@link SignedBytes}
 * and {@link UnsignedBytes}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained">primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 1.0
 */

/**
 * A {@link ListMultimap} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties
 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)

/**
 * A {@link Table} whose contents will never change, with many other important properties detailed
 * at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Gregory Kick
 * @since 11.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * 256 + b}). The corresponding methods that treat the values as signed are found in {@link
 * SignedBytes}, and the methods for which signedness is not an issue are in {@link Bytes}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PrimitivesExplained">primitive utilities</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Martin Buchholz
 * @author Hiroshi Yamauchi
 * @author Louis Wasserman

 * soon as one of them returns a nonzero result. This optimization is typically important only in
 * the presence of expensive {@code compareTo} and {@code compare} implementations.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CommonObjectUtilitiesExplained#comparecompareto">{@code
 * ComparisonChain}</a>.
 *
 * <h4 id="java8">Java 8+ equivalents</h4>
 *

 * be as expected on discrete ranges. See the Javadoc of those methods for details.
 *
 * <p>For a {@link Set} whose contents are specified by a {@link Range}, see {@link ContiguousSet}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#rangeset">RangeSets</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 14.0
 */