@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

      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;

        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);
      }
    }
  }

    int left = 0;
    int right = 2 * k - 1;

    int minThresholdPosition = 0;
    // The leftmost position at which the greatest of the k lower elements
    // -- the new value of threshold -- might be found.

    int iterations = 0;
    int maxIterations = IntMath.log2(right - left, RoundingMode.CEILING) * 3;
    while (left < right) {
      int pivotIndex = (left + right + 1) >>> 1;

    INSTANCE;

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

    @Override
    public String toString() {

    INSTANCE;

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

    @Override
    public String toString() {

    INSTANCE;

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

    @Override
    public String toString() {

  }

  @Override
  public int compare(@ParametricNullness T left, @ParametricNullness T right) {
    for (int i = 0; i < comparators.length; i++) {
      int result = comparators[i].compare(left, right);
      if (result != 0) {
        return result;
      }
    }
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {

  }

  @Override
  public int compare(@ParametricNullness T left, @ParametricNullness T right) {
    for (int i = 0; i < comparators.length; i++) {
      int result = comparators[i].compare(left, right);
      if (result != 0) {
        return result;
      }
    }
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {

      return new Ordering<Entry<String, Integer>>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Entry<String, Integer> left, Entry<String, Integer> right) {
          return left.getKey().compareTo(right.getKey());
        }
      }.sortedCopy(insertionOrder);
    }

    @Override
    public List<Entry<String, Integer>> create(Object... elements) {