* specified is included. To create a copy of a {@code SortedSet} that preserves the comparator,
   * call {@link #copyOfSorted} instead. This method iterates over {@code elements} at most once.
   *
   * <p>Note that if {@code s} is a {@code Set<String>}, then {@code ImmutableSortedSet.copyOf(s)}
   * returns an {@code ImmutableSortedSet<String>} containing each of the strings in {@code s},

    // * The element with (index == from) should be kept.
    // * Everything with (index > from) has not been checked yet.

    // Check from the end of the list backwards (minimize expected cost of
    // moving elements when remove() is called). Stop before 'from' because
    // we already know that should be kept.
    for (int n = list.size() - 1; n > from; n--) {
      if (predicate.apply(list.get(n))) {

      if (superCount < entry.getCount()) {
        return false;
      }
    }
    return true;
  }

  /**
   * Modifies {@code multisetToModify} so that its count for an element {@code e} is at most {@code
   * multisetToRetain.count(e)}.
   *
   * <p>To be precise, {@code multisetToModify.count(e)} is set to {@code
   * Math.min(multisetToModify.count(e), multisetToRetain.count(e))}. This is similar to {@link

types (such as multimap and multiset), immutable collections, a graph library,
and utilities for concurrency, I/O, hashing, primitives, strings, and more! It
is widely used on most Java projects within Google, and widely used by many
other companies as well.



Guava comes in two flavors:

*   The JRE flavor requires JDK 1.8 or higher.
*   If you need support for Android, use

   * E} is an {@link Enum} type, use {@link EnumSet#noneOf} instead. Otherwise, strongly consider
   * using a {@code LinkedHashSet} instead, at the cost of increased memory footprint, to get
   * deterministic iteration behavior.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated. Instead,

          K extends @Nullable Object, V extends @Nullable Object>
      extends AbstractMap<K, V> {
    /**
     * Creates the entry set to be returned by {@link #entrySet()}. This method is invoked at most
     * once on a given map, at the time when {@code entrySet} is first called.
     */
    abstract Set<Entry<K, V>> createEntrySet();

    @LazyInit @CheckForNull private transient Set<Entry<K, V>> entrySet;

    return new MergingIterator<>(iterators, comparator);
  }

  /**
   * An iterator that performs a lazy N-way merge, calculating the next value each time the iterator
   * is polled. This amortizes the sorting cost over the iteration and requires less memory than
   * sorting all elements at once.
   *
   * <p>Retrieving a single element takes approximately O(log(M)) time, where M is the number of