* compares, using {@link #compare(byte, byte)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [0x01] < [0x01, 0x7F] < [0x01, 0x80] < [0x02]}. Values are treated as
   * unsigned.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(float, float)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [1.0f] < [1.0f, 2.0f] < [2.0f]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

      case 2:
        return 1; // The lone element in the maxHeap is the maximum.
      default:
        // The max element must sit on the first level of the maxHeap. It is
        // actually the *lesser* of the two from the maxHeap's perspective.
        return (maxHeap.compareElements(1, 2) <= 0) ? 1 : 2;
    }
  }

  /**

   * the public domain, as explained at http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
   *
   * Other contributors include Andrew Wright, Jeffrey Hayes, Pat Fisher, Mike Judd.
   */

  /**
   * An implementation of {@link ExecutorService#invokeAny} for {@link ListeningExecutorService}
   * implementations.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({

     *
     * @param count the number of hits to record
     * @since 11.0
     */
    void recordHits(int count);

    /**
     * Records cache misses. This should be called when a cache request returns a value that was not
     * found in the cache. This method should be called by the loading thread, as well as by threads

      int expectedSize) {
    return new CompactLinkedHashSet<>(expectedSize);
  }

  private static final int ENDPOINT = -2;

  // TODO(user): predecessors and successors should be collocated (reducing cache misses).
  // Might also explore collocating all of [hash, next, predecessor, successor] fields of an
  // entry in a *single* long[], though that reduces the maximum size of the set by a factor of 2

  /**

 *   <li>Next, non-null {@code Foo} values are passed to {@code getBarFunction} (we will be
 *       comparing {@code Bar} values from now on)
 *   <li>Next, if only one {@code Bar} is null, that null value is treated as <i>lesser</i>
 *   <li>Finally, natural ordering is used (i.e. the result of {@code Bar.compareTo(Bar)} is
 *       returned)
 * </ol>
 *

   * locale. That is, it compares, using {@link #compare(char, char)}), the first pair of values
   * that follow any common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter
   * array as the lesser. For example, {@code [] < ['a'] < ['a', 'b'] < ['b']}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(double, double)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [1.0] < [1.0, 2.0] < [2.0]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(int, int)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [1] < [1, 2] < [2]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays