* generally prefer the methods in {@link Comparator}; see <a href="#java8">below</a>.
 *
 * <p>Example usage of {@code ComparisonChain}:
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * public int compareTo(Foo that) {
 *   return ComparisonChain.start()
 *       .compare(this.aString, that.aString)
 *       .compare(this.anInt, that.anInt)

            )
          } else if (gzippedLength != null) {
            logger.log("--> END ${request.method} (${buffer.size}-byte, $gzippedLength-gzipped-byte body)")
          } else {
            logger.log(buffer.readString(charset))
            logger.log("--> END ${request.method} (${requestBody.contentLength()}-byte body)")
          }
        }
      }

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after <a

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after <a

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after <a

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after <a

   * and not contents.
   *
   * <p>This is useful for implementing {@link Object#hashCode()}. For example, in an object that
   * has three properties, {@code x}, {@code y}, and {@code z}, one could write:
   *
   * {@snippet :
   * public int hashCode() {
   *   return Objects.hashCode(getX(), getY(), getZ());
   * }
   * }
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> When a single object is supplied, the returned hash code does not equal the

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after <a

 *       identically to {@code Nullable}</a> as of version 0.9.9.
 *   <li><a href="https://developers.google.com/j2objc">J2ObjC</a>, maybe: It might no longer be
 *       necessary there, since we have stopped using the {@code @ParametersAreNonnullByDefault}
 *       annotations that {@code ParametricNullness} was counteracting.
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>This annotation is a temporary hack. We will remove it after <a

   * {@code Comparator}) input elements, in ascending order, as an unmodifiable {@code List}. Ties
   * are broken arbitrarily.
   *
   * <p>For example:
   *
   * {@snippet :
   * Stream.of("foo", "quux", "banana", "elephant")
   *     .collect(least(2, comparingInt(String::length)))
   * // returns {"foo", "quux"}
   * }
   *