* other. But Atomic objects residing in arrays will tend to be
   * placed adjacent to each other, and so will most often share
   * cache lines (with a huge negative performance impact) without
   * this precaution.
   *
   * In part because Cells are relatively large, we avoid creating
   * them until they are needed.  When there is no contention, all

          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]);
    }

    }

    /**
     * Configures this {@code Builder} to order entries by value according to the specified
     * comparator.
     *
     * <p>The sort order is stable, that is, if two entries have values that compare as equivalent,
     * the entry that was inserted first will be first in the built map's iteration order.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this method was already called
     * @since 19.0
     */

    return generateOrdering();
  }

  @Generates
  <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> generateOrdering() {
    return new Ordering<T>() {
      @Override
      public int compare(T left, T right) {
        return 0;
      }

      final String string = paramString(Ordering.class, generateInt());

      @Override
      public String toString() {
        return string;
      }

    WEAK {
      @Override
      Equivalence<Object> defaultEquivalence() {
        return Equivalence.identity();
      }
    };

    /**
     * Returns the default equivalence strategy used to compare and hash keys or values referenced
     * at this strength. This strategy will be used unless the user explicitly specifies an
     * alternate strategy.
     */
    abstract Equivalence<Object> defaultEquivalence();
  }

    if (set.comparator() != null
        && set.comparator() != Ordering.natural()
        && range.hasLowerBound()
        && range.hasUpperBound()) {
      checkArgument(
          set.comparator().compare(range.lowerEndpoint(), range.upperEndpoint()) <= 0,
          "set is using a custom comparator which is inconsistent with the natural ordering.");
    }
    if (range.hasLowerBound() && range.hasUpperBound()) {

 * <p>
 * For example:
 *
 * <pre>
 * &#064;Secured({ &quot;ROLE_USER&quot; })
 * public void create(Contact contact);
 *
 * &#064;Secured({ &quot;ROLE_USER&quot;, &quot;ROLE_ADMIN&quot; })
 * public void update(Contact contact);
 *
 * &#064;Secured({ &quot;ROLE_ADMIN&quot; })
 * public void delete(Contact contact);
 * </pre>
 * @author Mark St.Godard
 */
@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })

   * @param b second value to compare.
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> using the given
   *     comparator.
   * @since 30.0
   */
  @ParametricNullness
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> T max(
      @ParametricNullness T a, @ParametricNullness T b, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {

/**
 * A multiset which maintains the ordering of its elements, according to either their natural order
 * or an explicit {@link Comparator}. In all cases, this implementation uses {@link
 * Comparable#compareTo} or {@link Comparator#compare} instead of {@link Object#equals} to determine
 * equivalence of instances.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The comparison must be <i>consistent with equals</i> as explained by the