project.

  - If you are an individual writing original source code and you're sure you
    own the intellectual property, then you'll need to sign an [individual
    CLA][]. Please include your GitHub username.
  - If you work for a company that wants to allow you to contribute your work,
    then you'll need to sign a [corporate CLA][].

You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted

                .compare(1.0, 1.0)
                .compare(1.0f, 1.0f)
                .compare("a", "a", Ordering.usingToString())
                .result())
        .isEqualTo(0);
  }

  public void testShortCircuitLess() {
    assertThat(
            ComparisonChain.start()
                .compare("a", "b")
                .compare(DONT_COMPARE_ME, DONT_COMPARE_ME)
                .result())

        features down to compact but powerful abstractions, and controlling feature bloat carefully.


        Guava's main yardstick for evaluating proposed features can be summed up as [utility times
        ubiquity](https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/PhilosophyExplained#utility-times-ubiquity).


        #### Utility: compare with alternatives

Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
location of your Java installation."
    fi
else
    JAVACMD=java
    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
    then
        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.

Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
location of your Java installation."
    fi
fi

   * instead (but note that it does not guarantee which tied minimum element is returned).
   *
   * @param a value to compare, returned if less than or equal to the rest.
   * @param b value to compare
   * @param c value to compare
   * @param rest values to compare
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> under this
   *     ordering.
   */
  @ParametricNullness

   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return toInt(a) - toInt(b);
  }

  /**

      @Override
      public void execute(Runnable command) {}
    }
  }

  private static final class NullByteSink extends ByteSink implements Serializable {
    private static final NullByteSink INSTANCE = new NullByteSink();

    @Override
    public OutputStream openStream() {
      return ByteStreams.nullOutputStream();
    }
  }

  // Compare by toString() to satisfy 2 properties:

   * making this call. If it is not sorted, the results are undefined.
   *
   * <p>If there are elements in the list which compare as equal to the key, the choice of {@link
   * KeyPresentBehavior} decides which index is returned. If no elements compare as equal to the
   * key, the choice of {@link KeyAbsentBehavior} decides which index is returned.
   *

      return inline.submit(task, result);
    }

    @Override
    public void execute(Runnable command) {
      lastMethodCalled = "execute";
      assertThat(command).isInstanceOf(WrappedRunnable.class);
      inline.execute(command);
    }

    private static <T> void assertTaskWrapped(Collection<? extends Callable<T>> tasks) {

/**
 * 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