*       parallelizing stream operations.
 *   <li>{@code FluentIterable} contains several features not available on {@code Stream}, which are
 *       noted in the method descriptions below.
 *   <li>Streams include primitive-specialized variants such as {@code IntStream}, the use of which
 *       is strongly recommended.
 *   <li>Streams are standard Java, not requiring a third-party dependency.
 * </ul>

/**
 * An expanded {@code Iterable} API, providing functionality similar to Java 8's powerful <a href=
 * "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/stream/package-summary.html#package.description"
 * >streams library</a> in a slightly different way.
 *
 * <p>The following types of methods are provided:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>chaining methods which return a new {@code FluentIterable} based in some way on the