* {@code Iterable}. Except as noted, each method has a corresponding {@link Iterator}-based method
 * in the {@link Iterators} class.
 *
 * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> several common uses for this class are now more comprehensively
 * addressed by the new {@link java.util.stream.Stream} library. Read the method documentation below

import com.google.common.primitives.Longs;
import java.util.Comparator;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A utility for performing a chained comparison statement. <b>Note:</b> Java 8+ users should
 * generally prefer the methods in {@link Comparator}; see <a href="#java8">below</a>.
 *
 * <p>Example usage of {@code ComparisonChain}:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * public int compareTo(Foo that) {

   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 22.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using streams.
  @Beta // TODO: b/288085449 - Remove.
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Collector<T, ?, List<T>> least(
      int k, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {

   *     by subsequent {@code get()} calls
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code duration} is not positive
   * @since 33.1.0
   */
  @Beta // only until we're confident that Java 8+ APIs are safe for our Android users
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // java.time.Duration
  @SuppressWarnings("Java7ApiChecker") // no more dangerous that wherever the user got the Duration
  @IgnoreJRERequirement

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unused") // compilation test
  public void testSampleCodeFine2() {
    FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();

    // Sadly, the following is what users will have to do in some circumstances.

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast
    Optional<Number> first = (Optional<Number>) numbers.first();
    Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
  }

   *         .build();
   * }</pre>
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using streams.
  @Beta // TODO: b/288085449 - Remove.
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object, K, V>
      Collector<T, ?, ImmutableSetMultimap<K, V>> toImmutableSetMultimap(

   * <p>If your data has no duplicates, or you wish to deduplicate elements, use {@code
   * ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(elements)}; if you want a {@code List} you can use its {@code
   * asList()} view.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> If you want to convert a {@link java.util.stream.Stream} to a sorted
   * {@code ImmutableList}, use {@code stream.sorted().collect(toImmutableList())}.
   *

  }

  /**
   * Returns a string consisting of a specific number of concatenated copies of an input string. For
   * example, {@code repeat("hey", 3)} returns the string {@code "heyheyhey"}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 11+ users:</b> use {@code string.repeat(count)} instead.
   *
   * @param string any non-null string
   * @param count the number of times to repeat it; a nonnegative integer

   * in encounter order will appear in the result.
   *
   * @since 33.2.0 (available since 21.0 in guava-jre)
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"AndroidJdkLibsChecker", "Java7ApiChecker"})
  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using streams.
  @Beta // TODO: b/288085449 - Remove.
  public static <E> Collector<E, ?, ImmutableSortedSet<E>> toImmutableSortedSet(
      Comparator<? super E> comparator) {

     *
     * Unfortunately, we don't distinguish between these two cases in our public API: Joiner.on(...)
     * and Joiner.on(...).useForNull(...) both declare the same return type: plain Joiner. To ensure
     * that users *can* pass null arguments to Joiner, we annotate it as if it always tolerates null
     * inputs, rather than as if it never tolerates them.
     *