Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    Iterator<? extends T> it = iterable.iterator();
    if (it.hasNext()) {
      T prev = it.next();
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        T next = it.next();
        if (comparator.compare(prev, next) >= 0) {
          return false;
        }
        prev = next;
      }
    }

    propagateIfInstanceOf(throwable, declaredType1);
    propagateIfPossible(throwable, declaredType2);
  }

  /**
   * Propagates {@code throwable} as-is if it is an instance of {@link RuntimeException} or {@link
   * Error}, or else as a last resort, wraps it in a {@code RuntimeException} and then propagates.
   *
   * <p>This method always throws an exception. The {@code RuntimeException} return type allows

    propagateIfInstanceOf(throwable, declaredType1);
    propagateIfPossible(throwable, declaredType2);
  }

  /**
   * Propagates {@code throwable} as-is if it is an instance of {@link RuntimeException} or {@link
   * Error}, or else as a last resort, wraps it in a {@code RuntimeException} and then propagates.
   *
   * <p>This method always throws an exception. The {@code RuntimeException} return type allows

   * on the deserialized instance.
   *
   * <p>When the underlying delegate throws an exception then this memoizing supplier will keep
   * delegating calls until it returns valid data.
   *
   * <p>If {@code delegate} is an instance created by an earlier call to {@code memoize}, it is
   * returned directly.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Supplier<T> memoize(Supplier<T> delegate) {

     * stack so that it is returned by the next call to {@link Iterator#next()}. If the element is
     * not in {@link #nextElements}, this method throws an {@link UnknownElementException}.
     *
     * <p>This method is used when testing iterators without a known ordering. We poll the target
     * iterator's next element and pass it to the reference iterator through this method so it can

   *
   * <p>Despite the method name, this method attempts to avoid actually copying the data when it is
   * safe to do so. The exact circumstances under which a copy will or will not be performed are
   * undocumented and subject to change.
   *
   * <p>This method is not type-safe, as it may be called on elements that are not mutually
   * comparable.
   *

 * #minValue} and {@link #maxValue} should also be overridden for bounded types.
 *
 * <p>A discrete domain always represents the <i>entire</i> set of values of its type; it cannot
 * represent partial domains such as "prime integers" or "strings of length 5."
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide section on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/RangesExplained#discrete-domains">{@code

    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a hash function implementing FarmHash's Fingerprint64, an open-source algorithm.
   *
   * <p>This is designed for generating persistent fingerprints of strings. It isn't
   * cryptographically secure, but it produces a high-quality hash with fewer collisions than some
   * alternatives we've used in the past.
   *
   * <p>FarmHash fingerprints are encoded by {@link HashCode#asBytes} in little-endian order. This

      value.updateTimestamp();
      return value.getValue();
    } else {
      statsCounter.recordEviction();
      statsCounter.recordMisses(1);
      // `key` was in the cache, so it's a K.
      // (Or it's a weird case like a LinkedList in a Cache<ArrayList, ...>, but *shrug*.)
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
      K castKey = (K) key;
      alertListenerIfPresent(castKey, value.getValue(), RemovalCause.EXPIRED);

      /*
       * The following call is not statically checked, since arraycopy accepts plain Object for its
       * parameters. If it were statically checked, the checker would still be OK with it, since
       * we're copying into a `contents` array whose type allows it to contain nulls. Still, it's
       * worth noting that we promise not to put nulls into the array in the first `size` elements.