public NavigableSet<E> headSet(E toElement, boolean inclusive) {
    return new SafeTreeSet<>(delegate.headSet(checkValid(toElement), inclusive));
  }

  @Override
  public @Nullable E higher(E e) {
    return delegate.higher(checkValid(e));
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isEmpty() {
    return delegate.isEmpty();
  }

  @Override
  public Iterator<E> iterator() {
    return delegate.iterator();

 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.collect;

/*
 * © 2025 CodeLibs, Inc.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

/*
 * © 2025 CodeLibs, Inc.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

      return emptySet(comparator());
    }
  }

  @Nullable 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;
  }

  public @Nullable E ceiling(E e) {

 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.io;

     * <li><code>[1.0,2.0]</code> Versions 1.0 to 2.0 (both included)</li>
     * <li><code>[1.5,)</code> Versions 1.5 and higher</li>
     * <li><code>(,1.0],[1.2,)</code> Versions up to 1.0 (included) and 1.2 or higher</li>
     * </ul>
     *
     * @param spec string representation of a version or version range
     * @return a new {@link VersionRange} object that represents the spec

/*
 * © 2025 CodeLibs, Inc.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

   * higher value than you need can waste space and time, and a significantly lower value can lead
   * to thread contention. But overestimates and underestimates within an order of magnitude do not
   * usually have much noticeable impact. A value of one permits only one thread to modify the map
   * at a time, but since read operations can proceed concurrently, this still yields higher

 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
 * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.base;