* cannot implement that interface in source code in a way that will compile on both Java 7 and
   * Java 8. If we include the {@code getAnnotatedBounds()} method then its return type means it
   * won't compile on Java 7, while if we don't include the method then the compiler will complain

   * nullness checker can already "prove" are non-null. That means that the first parameter to
   * checkNotNull *should* be annotated to require it to be non-null.
   *
   * However, for a variety of reasons, Google developers have written a ton of code over the past
   * decade that assumes that they can use checkNotNull for non-precondition checks. I had hoped to

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> Despite what the method name suggests, if {@code elements} is an {@code
   * ImmutableSortedSet}, it may be returned instead of a copy.
   *
   * <p>This method is not type-safe, as it may be called on elements that are not mutually
   * comparable.
   *
   * <p>This method is safe to use even when {@code elements} is a synchronized or concurrent
   * collection that is currently being modified by another thread.

    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object obj) {
      if (obj instanceof SupplierComposition) {
        SupplierComposition<?, ?> that = (SupplierComposition<?, ?>) obj;
        return function.equals(that.function) && supplier.equals(that.supplier);
      }
      return false;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return Objects.hashCode(function, supplier);
    }

   *
   * <p>The returned iterable's iterator supports {@code remove()} if the iterator of the underlying
   * iterable supports it. Note that it is <i>not</i> possible to delete the last skipped element by
   * immediately calling {@code remove()} on that iterator, as the {@code Iterator} contract states

   * than {@code toKey}.
   *
   * <p>The {@link SortedMap#headMap} documentation states that a submap of a submap throws an
   * {@link IllegalArgumentException} if passed a {@code toKey} greater than an earlier {@code
   * toKey}. However, this method doesn't throw an exception in that situation, but instead keeps
   * the original {@code toKey}.
   */
  @Override

    }
  }

  /**
   * Verifies that a collection is immutable.
   *
   * <p>A collection is considered immutable if:
   *
   * <ol>
   *   <li>All its mutation methods result in UnsupportedOperationException, and do not change the
   *       underlying contents.
   *   <li>All methods that return objects that can indirectly mutate the collection throw

      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a hash code, having the same bit length as each of the input hash codes, that combines
   * the information of these hash codes in an ordered fashion. That is, whenever two equal hash
   * codes are produced by two calls to this method, it is <i>as likely as possible</i> that each
   * was computed from the <i>same</i> input hash codes in the <i>same</i> order.
   *

  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(
      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {

    }
    if (object instanceof Multiset) {
      Multiset<?> that = (Multiset<?>) object;
      /*
       * We can't simply check whether the entry sets are equal, since that
       * approach fails when a TreeMultiset has a comparator that returns 0
       * when passed unequal elements.
       */

      if (multiset.size() != that.size() || multiset.entrySet().size() != that.entrySet().size()) {
        return false;
      }