assertLessThan(RUNNING, STOPPING);
    assertLessThan(RUNNING, FAILED);

    assertLessThan(STOPPING, FAILED);
    assertLessThan(STOPPING, TERMINATED);
  }

  private static <T extends Comparable<? super T>> void assertLessThan(T a, T b) {
    if (a.compareTo(b) >= 0) {
      fail(String.format(Locale.ROOT, "Expected %s to be less than %s", a, b));
    }
  }

    return unsafeDelegateList((List) Arrays.asList(elements));
  }

  public static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> ImmutableList<E> sortedCopyOf(
      Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    Comparable<?>[] array = Iterables.toArray(elements, new Comparable<?>[0]);
    checkElementsNotNull((Object[]) array);
    Arrays.sort(array);
    return asImmutableList(array);
  }

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Simple base class to verify that we handle generics correctly.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@GwtCompatible
public class BaseComparable implements Comparable<BaseComparable>, Serializable {
  private final String s;

  public BaseComparable(String s) {
    this.s = s;
  }

  @Override
  public int hashCode() { // delegate to 's'
    return s.hashCode();
  }

 * @see org.apache.maven.api.Session#parseVersion(String)
 * @see VersionConstraint
 * @see VersionRange
 */
@Experimental
public interface Version extends Comparable<Version> {
    /**
     * {@return the string representation of this version}
     */
    @Nonnull
    @Override
    String toString();

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * An unhashable object to be used in testing as values in our collections.
 *
 * @author Regina O'Dell
 */
@GwtCompatible
public class UnhashableObject implements Comparable<UnhashableObject> {
  private final int value;

  public UnhashableObject(int value) {
    this.value = value;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {

 * A skeletal implementation of {@code RangeSet}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtIncompatible
abstract class AbstractRangeSet<C extends Comparable> implements RangeSet<C> {
  AbstractRangeSet() {}

  @Override
  public boolean contains(C value) {
    return rangeContaining(value) != null;
  }

  @Override

import java.util.SortedSet;
import java.util.TreeSet;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * A wrapper around {@code TreeSet} that aggressively checks to see if elements are mutually
 * comparable. This implementation passes the navigable set test suites.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtIncompatible
public final class SafeTreeSet<E> implements Serializable, NavigableSet<E> {
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

    }
  }

  // J2kt cannot translate the Comparable rawtype in a usable way (it becomes Comparable<Object>
  // but types are typically only Comparable to themselves).
  @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
  private static MinMaxPriorityQueue.Builder<Comparable<?>> rawtypeToWildcard(
      MinMaxPriorityQueue.Builder<Comparable> builder) {
    return (MinMaxPriorityQueue.Builder) builder;
  }

 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // maybe avoidable if we rework the whole package?
@GwtCompatible
public enum CollectionSize implements Feature<Collection>, Comparable<CollectionSize> {
  /** Test an empty collection. */
  ZERO(0),
  /** Test a one-element collection. */
  ONE(1),
  /** Test a three-element collection. */
  SEVERAL(3),
  /*

 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // maybe avoidable if we rework the whole package?
@GwtCompatible
public enum CollectionSize implements Feature<Collection>, Comparable<CollectionSize> {
  /** Test an empty collection. */
  ZERO(0),
  /** Test a one-element collection. */
  ONE(1),
  /** Test a three-element collection. */
  SEVERAL(3),
  /*