* implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> fromNullable(@CheckForNull T nullableReference) {
    return (nullableReference == null) ? Optional.<T>absent() : new Present<T>(nullableReference);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the equivalent {@code com.google.common.base.Optional} value to the given {@code

   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code Stream.empty()}.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> FluentIterable<E> of() {
    return FluentIterable.from(Collections.<E>emptyList());
  }

  /**
   * Returns a fluent iterable containing the specified elements in order.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@link java.util.stream.Stream#of(Object[])

  // If this is specified and differs from the value in "kind", an equivalent match and conversion was performed.
  //
  // For example, if deployments can be modified via apps/v1 and apps/v1beta1, and a webhook registered a rule of
  // `apiGroups:["apps"], apiVersions:["v1"], resources: ["deployments"]` and `matchPolicy: Equivalent`,
  // an API request to apps/v1beta1 deployments would be converted and sent to the webhook

  // If this is specified and differs from the value in "kind", an equivalent match and conversion was performed.
  //
  // For example, if deployments can be modified via apps/v1 and apps/v1beta1, and a webhook registered a rule of
  // `apiGroups:["apps"], apiVersions:["v1"], resources: ["deployments"]` and `matchPolicy: Equivalent`,
  // an API request to apps/v1beta1 deployments would be converted and sent to the webhook

  }

  protected void initMapWithNullKey() {
    resetMap(createArrayWithNullKey());
  }

  protected void initMapWithNullValue() {
    resetMap(createArrayWithNullValue());
  }

  /**
   * Equivalent to {@link #expectMissingKeys(Object[]) expectMissingKeys} {@code (null)} except that
   * the call to {@code contains(null)} is permitted to throw a {@code NullPointerException}.
   *

  /**
   * Determines if the given iterable contains no elements.
   *
   * <p>There is no precise {@link Iterator} equivalent to this method, since one can only ask an
   * iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i> (which one does using {@link
   * Iterator#hasNext}).
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code !stream.findAny().isPresent()}
   *
   * @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements

    return array;
  }

  protected void initCollectionWithNullElement() {
    E[] array = createArrayWithNullElement();
    resetContainer(getSubjectGenerator().create(array));
  }

  /**
   * Equivalent to {@link #expectMissing(Object[]) expectMissing}{@code (null)} except that the call
   * to {@code contains(null)} is permitted to throw a {@code NullPointerException}.
   *

   */
  @CheckForNull
  Range<C> rangeContaining(C value);

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if there exists a non-empty range enclosed by both a member range in this
   * range set and the specified range. This is equivalent to calling {@code
   * subRangeSet(otherRange)} and testing whether the resulting range set is non-empty.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  boolean intersects(Range<C> otherRange);

  /**