* Returns {@code b} to the {@code k}th power. Even if the result overflows, it will be equal to
   * {@code BigInteger.valueOf(b).pow(k).intValue()}. This implementation runs in {@code O(log k)}
   * time.
   *
   * <p>Compare {@link #checkedPow}, which throws an {@link ArithmeticException} upon overflow.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code k < 0}
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // failing tests

    if (roundArbitrarilyAsLong == Long.MAX_VALUE) {
      /*
       * For most values, the conversion from roundArbitrarily to roundArbitrarilyAsLong is
       * lossless. In that case we can compare x to roundArbitrarily using Longs.compare(x,
       * roundArbitrarilyAsLong). The exception is for values where the conversion to double rounds
       * up to give roundArbitrarily equal to 2^63, so the conversion back to long overflows and

    return new NullFriendlyComparator<>();
  }

  private static final class NullFriendlyComparator<T> implements Comparator<T>, Serializable {
    @Override
    public int compare(T left, T right) {
      return String.valueOf(left).compareTo(String.valueOf(right));
    }
  }

  }

  @CheckForNull
  E higher(E e) {
    checkNotNull(e);
    Iterator<E> iterator = tailSet(e).iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
      E higher = iterator.next();
      if (comparator().compare(e, higher) < 0) {
        return higher;
      }
    }
    return null;
  }

  @CheckForNull
  public E ceiling(E e) {
    ImmutableSortedSet<E> set = tailSet(e, true);

          castOrCopyToList(mapGenerator.order(castOrCopyToList(mapGenerator.getSampleElements(5))));
      sort(
          insertionOrder,
          new Comparator<V>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(V left, V right) {
              // The indexes are small enough for the subtraction trick to be safe.
              return indexOfEntryWithValue(left) - indexOfEntryWithValue(right);
            }

        assertEquals(0, c2.compareTo(c1), "expected " + v2 + " == " + v1);
    }

    private void checkVersionsArrayEqual(String[] array) {
        // compare against each other (including itself)
        for (int i = 0; i < array.length; ++i)
            for (int j = i; j < array.length; ++j) checkVersionsEqual(array[i], array[j]);
    }

         * just one problem: Starting with JDK 7u51, the JDK TypeVariable's equals() method doesn't
         * recognize instances of our TypeVariable implementation. This is a problem because users
         * compare TypeVariables from the JDK against TypeVariables returned by TypeResolver. To
         * work with all JDK versions, TypeResolver must return the appropriate TypeVariable
         * implementation in each of the three possible cases:

                    Collections.sort(
                        insertionOrder,
                        new Comparator<Entry<String, Integer>>() {
                          @Override
                          public int compare(Entry<String, Integer> o1, Entry<String, Integer> o2) {
                            return o1.getKey().compareTo(o2.getKey());
                          }
                        });
                    return insertionOrder;

        }
      };

  private static final Ordering<Invokable<?, ?>> BY_NUMBER_OF_PARAMETERS =
      new Ordering<Invokable<?, ?>>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Invokable<?, ?> left, Invokable<?, ?> right) {
          return Ints.compare(left.getParameters().size(), right.getParameters().size());
        }
      };

          .isTrue();
    }
  }

  public void testCompare() {
    for (short x : VALUES) {
      for (short y : VALUES) {
        // Only compare the sign of the result of compareTo().
        int expected = Short.valueOf(x).compareTo(y);
        int actual = Shorts.compare(x, y);
        if (expected == 0) {
          assertWithMessage(x + ", " + y).that(actual).isEqualTo(expected);
        } else if (expected < 0) {