return least(k, comparator.reversed());
  }

  /**
   * Returns the minimum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
   *
   * <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

   * iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i> (which one does using {@link
   * Iterator#hasNext}).
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code !stream.findAny().isPresent()}
   *
   * @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    if (iterable instanceof Collection) {

never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked
`poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or
later.

  However, this bottle was NOT marked `poison,' so Alice ventured
to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort
of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast
turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished
it off.

  }

  /**
   * Returns the minimum of the two values. If the values compare as 0, the first is returned.
   *
   * <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

   * iterable is empty, {@code Optional.absent()} is returned.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> if the goal is to obtain any element, {@link
   * Stream#findAny}; if it must specifically be the <i>first</i> element, {@code Stream#findFirst}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if the first element is null; if this is a possibility, use {@code

   * iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i> (which one does using {@link
   * Iterator#hasNext}).
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code !stream.findAny().isPresent()}
   *
   * @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements
   */
  public static boolean isEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    if (iterable instanceof Collection) {

never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked
`poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or
later.

  However, this bottle was NOT marked `poison,' so Alice ventured
to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort
of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast
turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished
it off.

   * we needn't create a separate loader.
   */
  static class SystemLoader implements FinalizerLoader {
    // This is used by the ClassLoader-leak test in FinalizableReferenceQueueTest to disable
    // finding Finalizer on the system class path even if it is there.
    @VisibleForTesting static boolean disabled;

    @Override
    @CheckForNull
    public Class<?> loadFinalizer() {
      if (disabled) {

   * we needn't create a separate loader.
   */
  static class SystemLoader implements FinalizerLoader {
    // This is used by the ClassLoader-leak test in FinalizableReferenceQueueTest to disable
    // finding Finalizer on the system class path even if it is there.
    @VisibleForTesting static boolean disabled;

    @Override
    @CheckForNull
    public Class<?> loadFinalizer() {
      if (disabled) {

   * iterable is empty, {@code Optional.absent()} is returned.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> if the goal is to obtain any element, {@link
   * Stream#findAny}; if it must specifically be the <i>first</i> element, {@code Stream#findFirst}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if the first element is null; if this is a possibility, use {@code