throws IOException {
    return appendTo(appendable, iterable(first, second, rest));
  }

  /**
   * Appends the string representation of each of {@code parts}, using the previously configured
   * separator between each, to {@code builder}. Identical to {@link #appendTo(Appendable,
   * Iterable)}, except that it does not throw {@link IOException}.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

  // Ordering<Iterable<String>> o =
  //     Ordering.<String>natural().lexicographical();
  public <S extends T> Ordering<Iterable<S>> lexicographical() {
    /*
     * Note that technically the returned ordering should be capable of
     * handling not just {@code Iterable<S>} instances, but also any {@code
     * Iterable<? extends S>}. However, the need for this comes up so rarely

  public void testOf_empty() {
    Iterable<String> iterable = MinimalIterable.<String>of();
    Iterator<String> iterator = iterable.iterator();
    assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());
    assertThrows(NoSuchElementException.class, () -> iterator.next());
    assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> iterable.iterator());
  }

  public void testOf_one() {
    Iterable<String> iterable = MinimalIterable.of("a");

  @Override
  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E min(Iterator<E> iterator) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(iterator);
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E min(Iterable<E> iterable) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(iterable);
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E max(E a, E b) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.min(a, b);
  }

  @Override

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // Iterable.class
    TypeToken<? extends Iterable> genericType = TypeToken.toGenericType(Iterable.class);
    assertEquals(Iterable.class, genericType.getRawType());
    assertEquals(
        Types.newParameterizedType(Iterable.class, Iterable.class.getTypeParameters()[0]),
        genericType.getType());
  }

    Iterable<String> iterable = asList("a", "b");
    Iterator<String> cycle = Iterators.cycle(iterable);
    cycle.next();
    assertThrows(UnsupportedOperationException.class, () -> cycle.remove());
  }

  public void testCycleRemoveAfterHasNext() {
    Iterable<String> iterable = Lists.newArrayList("a");
    Iterator<String> cycle = Iterators.cycle(iterable);
    assertTrue(cycle.hasNext());

  }

  private static boolean isEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    return iterable instanceof Collection
        ? ((Collection<?>) iterable).isEmpty()
        : !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
  }

  public static void assertEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    if (!isEmpty(iterable)) {
      fail("Not true that " + iterable + " is empty");
    }
  }

  }

  private static class CountingIterable implements Iterable<String> {
    int count = 0;

    @Override
    public Iterator<String> iterator() {
      count++;
      return Iterators.forArray("a", "b", "a");
    }
  }

  public void testCopyOf_plainIterable() {
    CountingIterable iterable = new CountingIterable();
    Set<String> set = copyOf(iterable);
    assertEquals(2, set.size());

   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(
      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    Iterator<? extends T> it = iterable.iterator();
    if (it.hasNext()) {
      T prev = it.next();
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        T next = it.next();
        if (comparator.compare(prev, next) > 0) {

  }

  private static boolean isEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    return iterable instanceof Collection
        ? ((Collection<?>) iterable).isEmpty()
        : !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
  }

  public static void assertEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    if (!isEmpty(iterable)) {
      fail("Not true that " + iterable + " is empty");
    }
  }