* </pre>
 *
 * <p>Here are some examples of recognized formats:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>example.com
 *   <li>example.com:80
 *   <li>192.0.2.1
 *   <li>192.0.2.1:80
 *   <li>[2001:db8::1] - {@link #getHost()} omits brackets
 *   <li>[2001:db8::1]:80 - {@link #getHost()} omits brackets
 *   <li>2001:db8::1 - Use {@link #requireBracketsForIPv6()} to prohibit this
 * </ul>
 *

   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>If {@code index >= end}, {@link IndexOutOfBoundsException} is thrown.
   *   <li><b>If the character at the specified index is not a surrogate, it is returned.</b>
   *   <li>If the first character was a high surrogate value, then an attempt is made to read the
   *       next character.
   *       <ol>

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This class is similar to {@link MoreExecutors#newSequentialExecutor}. This class is different
 * in a few ways:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Each task may be associated with a different executor.
 *   <li>Tasks may be of type {@code AsyncCallable}.
 *   <li>Running tasks <i>cannot</i> be interrupted. (Note that {@code newSequentialExecutor} does

 * actions taken by the java garbage collection system:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>invoking the {@code finalize} methods of unreachable objects
 *   <li>clearing weak references to unreachable referents
 *   <li>enqueuing weak references to unreachable referents in their reference queue
 * </ul>
 *

 * terms</a>):
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>directed graphs
 *   <li>undirected graphs
 *   <li>graphs that do/don't allow parallel edges
 *   <li>graphs that do/don't allow self-loops
 *   <li>graphs whose nodes/edges are insertion-ordered, sorted, or unordered
 *   <li>graphs whose edges are unique objects
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h3>Building a {@code Network}</h3>
 *

 * Ordering}, including:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link #reverse}
 *   <li>{@link #compound(Comparator)}
 *   <li>{@link #onResultOf(Function)}
 *   <li>{@link #nullsFirst} / {@link #nullsLast}
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h4>Using</h4>
 *
 * <p>Finally, use the resulting {@code Ordering} anywhere a {@link Comparator} is required, or use
 * any of its special operations, such as:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link #immutableSortedCopy}

 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>It looks only for files and JARs in URLs available from {@link URLClassLoader} instances or
 *       the {@linkplain ClassLoader#getSystemClassLoader() system class loader}. This means it does
 *       not look for classes in the <i>module path</i>.
 *   <li>It understands only {@code file:} URLs. This means that it does not understand <a

 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/GraphsExplained#definitions">definitions of
 * terms</a>):
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>directed graphs
 *   <li>undirected graphs
 *   <li>graphs that do/don't allow self-loops
 *   <li>graphs whose nodes/edges are insertion-ordered, sorted, or unordered
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>{@code Graph} explicitly does not support parallel edges, and forbids implementations or

 *   <li>It doesn't propagate exceptions, so apps don't have a way to react to them.
 *   <li>It doesn't interoperate well with RxJava, coroutines, and other more commonly used
 *       alternatives.
 *   <li>It imposes requirements on the lifecycle of its subscribers. For example, if an event
 *       occurs between when one subscriber is removed and the next subscriber is added, the event
 *       is dropped.

   *       fail.
   *   <li>If the constructor or factory method takes a parameter that {@link
   *       AbstractPackageSanityTests} doesn't know how to construct, the test will fail.
   *   <li>If there is no visible constructor or visible static factory method declared by {@code
   *       C}, {@code C} is skipped for serialization test, even if it implements {@link
   *       Serializable}.