default:
        return construct(elements.clone());
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, sorted according to their natural
   * order. The sorting algorithm used is stable, so elements that compare as equal will stay in the
   * order in which they appear in the input.
   *
   * <p>If your data has no duplicates, or you wish to deduplicate elements, use {@code

  }

  // Ordering<Object> singletons

  /**
   * Returns an ordering which treats all values as equal, indicating "no ordering." Passing this
   * ordering to any <i>stable</i> sort algorithm results in no change to the order of elements.
   * Note especially that {@link #sortedCopy} and {@link #immutableSortedCopy} are stable, and in
   * the returned instance these are implemented by simply copying the source list.

  /*
   * One of the key challenges of this class is to prevent lost signals, while trying hard to
   * minimize unnecessary signals. One simple and correct algorithm is to signal some other waiter
   * with a satisfied guard (if one exists) whenever any thread occupying the monitor exits the
   * monitor, either by unlocking all of its held locks, or by starting to wait for a guard. This

 * k). In benchmarks, this implementation performs at least as well as either implementation, and
 * degrades more gracefully for worst-case input.
 *
 * <p>The implementation does not necessarily use a <i>stable</i> sorting algorithm; when multiple
 * equivalent elements are added to it, it is undefined which will come first in the output.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class TopKSelector<

     * and the arithmetic mean is always higher than the geometric mean.
     *
     * b) this iteration converges to floor(sqrt(x)). In fact, the number of correct digits doubles
     * with each iteration, so this algorithm takes O(log(digits)) iterations.
     *
     * We start out with a double-precision approximation, which may be higher or lower than the
     * true value. Therefore, we perform at least one Newton iteration to get a guess that's

 * traditional exclusive locks. Although this increases the false positives that the locks detect
 * (i.e. cycles that will not actually result in deadlock), it simplifies the algorithm and
 * implementation considerably. The assumption is that a user of this factory wishes to eliminate
 * any cyclic acquisition ordering.
 *
 * <p><strong>Explicit Lock Acquisition Ordering</strong>
 *

   * across different segments.
   *
   * The page replacement algorithm's data structures are kept casually consistent with the map. The
   * ordering of writes to a segment is sequentially consistent. An update to the map and recording
   * of reads may not be immediately reflected on the algorithm's data structures. These structures

 * subtype of {@code ValueGraph} that provides methods for adding and removing nodes and edges. If
 * you do not need to mutate a graph (e.g. if you write a method than runs a read-only algorithm on
 * the graph), you should use the non-mutating {@link ValueGraph} interface, or an {@link
 * ImmutableValueGraph}.
 *
 * <p>You can create an immutable copy of an existing {@code ValueGraph} using {@link

   * page-replacement algorithm to determine which entries to evict when the capacity has been
   * exceeded.
   *
   * The page replacement algorithm's data structures are kept casually consistent with the map. The
   * ordering of writes to a segment is sequentially consistent. An update to the map and recording
   * of reads may not be immediately reflected on the algorithm's data structures. These structures

        : ImmutableList.<E>construct(elements.clone());
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, sorted according to their natural
   * order. The sorting algorithm used is stable, so elements that compare as equal will stay in the
   * order in which they appear in the input.
   *
   * <p>If your data has no duplicates, or you wish to deduplicate elements, use {@code