* and {@code distance(end, start) == -3}. As well, {@code distance(a, a)} is always zero.
   *
   * <p>Note that this function is necessarily well-defined for any discrete type.
   *
   * @return the distance as described above, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if
   *     the distance is too small or too large, respectively.
   */
  public abstract long distance(C start, C end);

  /**

/** Tests the package level *impl methods directly using various types of lists. */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public class ListsImplTest extends TestCase {

  /** Describes how a list is modifiable */
  public enum Modifiability {
    NONE, // immutable lists
    BY_ELEMENT, // elements can change (set), but not structure

   *
   * @param index a user-supplied index identifying an element of an array, list or string
   * @param size the size of that array, list or string
   * @param desc the text to use to describe this index in an error message
   * @return the value of {@code index}
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code index} is negative or is not less than {@code size}

        ? jlaStackTrace(throwable)
        : unmodifiableList(asList(throwable.getStackTrace()));
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether {@link #lazyStackTrace} will use the special implementation described in its
   * documentation.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   * @deprecated This method always returns false on JDK versions past JDK 8 and on all Android
   *     versions.
   */
  @Deprecated
  @J2ktIncompatible

        ? jlaStackTrace(throwable)
        : unmodifiableList(asList(throwable.getStackTrace()));
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether {@link #lazyStackTrace} will use the special implementation described in its
   * documentation.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   * @deprecated This method always returns false on JDK versions past JDK 8 and on all Android
   *     versions.
   */
  @Deprecated
  @J2ktIncompatible

   *
   * (The index actually stored is the index of the key in alternatingKeysAndValues, which is
   * double the index of the entry in entrySet.asList.)
   *
   * The basic data structure is described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_addressing.
   * The pointer to a key is stored in hashTable[Hashing.smear(key.hashCode()) % table.length],

   * order described in the <a href="#iteration">class documentation</a>.
   */
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMultimap<K, V> of(K k1, V v1, K k2, V v2, K k3, V v3) {
    return ImmutableListMultimap.of(k1, v1, k2, v2, k3, v3);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in the "key-grouped" insertion
   * order described in the <a href="#iteration">class documentation</a>.

   * order described in the <a href="#iteration">class documentation</a>.
   */
  public static <K, V> ImmutableMultimap<K, V> of(K k1, V v1, K k2, V v2, K k3, V v3) {
    return ImmutableListMultimap.of(k1, v1, k2, v2, k3, v3);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable multimap containing the given entries, in the "key-grouped" insertion
   * order described in the <a href="#iteration">class documentation</a>.

    int lastDot = classFullName.lastIndexOf('.');
    return (lastDot < 0) ? "" : classFullName.substring(0, lastDot);
  }

  /**
   * Ensures that the given classes are initialized, as described in <a
   * href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/third_edition/html/execution.html#12.4.2">JLS Section
   * 12.4.2</a>.
   *
   * <p>WARNING: Normally it's a smell if a class needs to be explicitly initialized, because static

  /**
   * Returns a {@link Collection} of all the permutations of the specified {@link Iterable}.
   *
   * <p><i>Notes:</i> This is an implementation of the algorithm for Lexicographical Permutations
   * Generation, described in Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming", Volume 4, Chapter 7,
   * Section 7.2.1.2. The iteration order follows the lexicographical order. This means that the