@LazyInit @CheckForNull private transient Ordering<@Nullable Comparable<?>> nullsLast;

  @Override
  public int compare(Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right) {
    checkNotNull(left); // for GWT
    checkNotNull(right);
    return ((Comparable<Object>) left).compareTo(right);
  }

  @Override
  public <S extends Comparable<?>> Ordering<@Nullable S> nullsFirst() {
    Ordering<@Nullable Comparable<?>> result = nullsFirst;

          return classify(Ints.compare(left, right));
        }

        @Override
        public ComparisonChain compare(long left, long right) {
          return classify(Longs.compare(left, right));
        }

        @Override
        public ComparisonChain compare(float left, float right) {
          return classify(Float.compare(left, right));
        }

        @Override

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Float[] concat(Float[] left, Float[] right) {
    Float[] result = new Float[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

  public abstract static class TestFloatListGenerator implements TestListGenerator<Float> {

      @Override
      public int compare(byte[] left, byte[] right) {
        int minLength = Math.min(left.length, right.length);
        for (int i = 0; i < minLength; i++) {
          int result = UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i]);
          if (result != 0) {
            return result;
          }
        }
        return left.length - right.length;
      }

      @Override

    //    /left
    //       /[sibling -> right]
    //    /right
    //       /[sibling -> left]
    java.nio.file.Path root = createTempDirectory("ClassPathTest");
    try {
      java.nio.file.Path left = createDirectory(root.resolve("left"));
      createFile(left.resolve("some.txt"));

      java.nio.file.Path right = createDirectory(root.resolve("right"));
      createFile(right.resolve("another.txt"));

    }
  }

  private static Character[] concat(Character[] left, Character[] right) {
    Character[] result = new Character[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

      return asList(all).subList(2, elements.length + 2);
    }
  }

  private static Double[] concat(Double[] left, Double[] right) {
    Double[] result = new Double[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

  public abstract static class TestDoubleListGenerator implements TestListGenerator<Double> {

    }
  }

  private static Character[] concat(Character[] left, Character[] right) {
    Character[] result = new Character[left.length + right.length];
    System.arraycopy(left, 0, result, 0, left.length);
    System.arraycopy(right, 0, result, left.length, right.length);
    return result;
  }

        rnd.nextBytes(left);
        byte[] right = left.clone();
        assertThat(comparator.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
        int i = rnd.nextInt(left.length);
        left[i] ^= (byte) (1 + rnd.nextInt(255));
        assertThat(comparator.compare(left, right)).isNotEqualTo(0);
        assertThat(UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i]) > 0)
            .isEqualTo(comparator.compare(left, right) > 0);
      }
    }
  }

      successor(pred(), succ());
      if (left == null) {
        return right;
      } else if (right == null) {
        return left;
      } else if (left.height >= right.height) {
        AvlNode<E> newTop = pred();
        // newTop is the maximum node in my left subtree
        newTop.left = left.removeMax(newTop);
        newTop.right = right;
        newTop.distinctElements = distinctElements - 1;