* natural ordering.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableSortedSet#copyOf(Iterable)}
   * instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> If {@code elements} is a {@code SortedSet} with an explicit comparator, this
   * method has different behavior than {@link TreeSet#TreeSet(SortedSet)}, which returns a {@code
   * TreeSet} with that comparator.
   *

   *   <li>{@code false} in all other situations.
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>This assumes that any non-null objects passed to this function conform to the {@code
   * equals()} contract.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use {@link
   * java.util.Objects#equals} instead.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeSuggester") // would introduce fully qualified references to Objects

 * API</h2>
 *
 * <p>The successor to Guava's caching API is <a
 * href="https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine/wiki">Caffeine</a>. Its API is designed to make it a
 * nearly drop-in replacement. Note that it is not available for Android or GWT/J2CL and that it may
 * have <a href="https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine/wiki/Guava">different (usually better)

  }

  /**
   * Returns the number of times {@link Cache} lookup methods have returned either a cached or
   * uncached value. This is defined as {@code hitCount + missCount}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> the values of the metrics are undefined in case of overflow (though it is
   * guaranteed not to throw an exception). If you require specific handling, we recommend
   * implementing your own stats collector.
   */

    return values.isEmpty() ? EMPTY : new ImmutableLongArray(Longs.toArray(values));
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable array containing the given values, in order.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> this method delegates to {@link #copyOf(Collection)} if {@code
   * values} is a {@link Collection}. Otherwise it creates a {@link #builder} and uses {@link

    return values.isEmpty() ? EMPTY : new ImmutableIntArray(Ints.toArray(values));
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable array containing the given values, in order.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> this method delegates to {@link #copyOf(Collection)} if {@code
   * values} is a {@link Collection}. Otherwise it creates a {@link #builder} and uses {@link

    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Returns an {@code ImmutableList} containing the same elements, in the same order, as this
   * collection.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> in most cases this method can return quickly without actually
   * copying anything. The exact circumstances under which the copy is performed are undefined and
   * subject to change.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   */

@GwtCompatible
public final class Lists {
  private Lists() {}

  // ArrayList

  /**
   * Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty {@code ArrayList} instance.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableList#of()} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated. Instead,
   * use the {@code ArrayList} {@linkplain ArrayList#ArrayList() constructor} directly, taking

   * that of <code>((Double) a).{@linkplain Double#compareTo compareTo}(b)</code>. As with that
   * method, {@code NaN} is treated as greater than all other values, and {@code 0.0 > -0.0}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method simply delegates to the JDK method {@link Double#compare}. It is
   * provided for consistency with the other primitive types, whose compare methods were not added
   * to the JDK until JDK 7.
   *

   * future migration to {@code java.util.function} will not preserve this behavior.
   *
   * <p>As discussed above, prefer to use the method reference {@code Object::toString} instead,
   * though note that it is not serializable unless you explicitly make it {@link Serializable},
   * typically by writing {@code (Function<Object, String> & Serializable) Object::toString}.
   *