@Override
  SortedMap<K, V> create(Object... elements);

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key less than the keys of the {@link #samples()} and less than the key
   * of {@link #belowSamplesGreater()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> belowSamplesLesser();

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key less than the keys of the {@link #samples()} but greater than the
   * key of {@link #belowSamplesLesser()}.
   */

        }

        ComparisonChain classify(int result) {
          return (result < 0) ? LESS : (result > 0) ? GREATER : ACTIVE;
        }

        @Override
        public int result() {
          return 0;
        }
      };

  private static final ComparisonChain LESS = new InactiveComparisonChain(-1);

  private static final ComparisonChain GREATER = new InactiveComparisonChain(1);

 *
 * <p>The {@code toString} method is forwarded to the delegate. Although this class does not
 * implement {@link Serializable}, a serializable subclass may be created since this class has a
 * parameter-less constructor.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public abstract class ForwardingObject {

  /** Constructor for use by subclasses. */

    return CollectCollectors.toImmutableSortedMap(
        comparator, keyFunction, valueFunction, mergeFunction);
  }

  /*
   * TODO(kevinb): Confirm that ImmutableSortedMap is faster to construct and
   * uses less memory than TreeMap; then say so in the class Javadoc.
   */
  private static final Comparator<?> NATURAL_ORDER = Ordering.natural();

  private static final ImmutableSortedMap<Comparable<?>, Object> NATURAL_EMPTY_MAP =

      if (method.getReturnType().equals(HashFunction.class) // must return HashFunction
          && Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers()) // only the public methods
          && method.getParameterTypes().length == 0 // only the seed-less grapes^W hash functions
          && !legacyHashingMethodNames.contains(method.getName())) {
        HashFunction hashFunction = (HashFunction) method.invoke(Hashing.class);
        assertTrue(

   * any of the public methods of ListenableFuture.
   */
  interface Trusted<V extends @Nullable Object> extends ListenableFuture<V> {}

  /**
   * A less abstract subclass of AbstractFuture. This can be used to optimize setFuture by ensuring
   * that {@link #get} calls exactly the implementation of {@link AbstractFuture#get}.
   */

          int foundIndex) {
        return LAST_PRESENT.resultIndex(comparator, key, list, foundIndex) + 1;
      }
    },
    /**
     * Return the index of the last list element that compares as less than the key, or {@code -1}
     * if there is no such element.
     */
    LAST_BEFORE {
      @Override
      public <E extends @Nullable Object> int resultIndex(
          Comparator<? super E> comparator,

   * Contention and/or table collisions are indicated by failed
   * CASes when performing an update operation (see method
   * retryUpdate). Upon a collision, if the table size is less than
   * the capacity, it is doubled in size unless some other thread
   * holds the lock. If a hashed slot is empty, and lock is
   * available, a new Cell is created. Otherwise, if the slot

   * corrected sample standard deviation</a> of the values. If this dataset is a sample drawn from a
   * population, this is an estimator of the population standard deviation of the population which
   * is less biased than {@link #populationStandardDeviation()} (the unbiased estimator depends on
   * the distribution). The count must be greater than one.
   *

        || (stimuli.length >= 5 && removes > 2)) {
      // removes are the most expensive thing to test, since they often throw exceptions with stack
      // traces, so we test them a bit less aggressively
      return;
    }

    MultiExceptionListIterator reference = new MultiExceptionListIterator(expectedElements);
    I target = newTargetIterator();
    for (int i = 0; i < stimuli.length; i++) {