* that users *can* pass null arguments to Joiner, we annotate it as if it always tolerates null
     * inputs, rather than as if it never tolerates them.
     *
     * We rely on checkers to implement special cases to catch dangerous calls to join(), etc. based
     * on what they know about the particular Joiner instances the calls are performed on.
     *

   * IllegalArgumentException} if passed a {@code fromElement} smaller than an earlier {@code
   * fromElement}. However, this method doesn't throw an exception in that situation, but instead
   * keeps the original {@code fromElement}. Similarly, this method keeps the original {@code
   * toElement}, instead of throwing an exception, if passed a {@code toElement} greater than an
   * earlier {@code toElement}.
   */

  interface ConcurrentlyMutatedList<E> extends List<E> {
    /**
     * The elements of a {@link ConcurrentlyMutatedList} are added and removed over time. This
     * method returns every state that the list has passed through at some point.
     */
    Set<List<E>> getAllStates();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a {@link ConcurrentlyMutatedList} that performs the given operations as its concurrent

 *     class (such as {@link #named(String)}) return this type, so that Builder methods of more
 *     derived classes can be chained onto them without casting.
 * @param <G> The type of the generator to be passed to testers in the generated test suite. An
 *     instance of G should somehow provide an instance of the class under test, plus any other
 *     information required to parameterize the test.
 * @see FeatureSpecificTestSuiteBuilder

       * another thread did it for us.
       */
      seenExceptionsLocal = requireNonNull(seenExceptions);
    }
    return seenExceptionsLocal;
  }

  /** Populates {@code seen} with the exception that was passed to {@code setException}. */
  abstract void addInitialException(Set<Throwable> seen);

  final int decrementRemainingAndGet() {
    return ATOMIC_HELPER.decrementAndGetRemainingCount(this);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the stable rate (as {@code permits per seconds}) with which this {@code RateLimiter} is
   * configured with. The initial value of this is the same as the {@code permitsPerSecond} argument
   * passed in the factory method that produced this {@code RateLimiter}, and it is only updated
   * after invocations to {@linkplain #setRate}.
   */
  public final double getRate() {
    synchronized (mutex()) {

   */
  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(double left, double right);

  /**
   * Discouraged synonym for {@link #compareFalseFirst}.
   *
   * @deprecated Use {@link #compareFalseFirst}; or, if the parameters passed are being either
   *     negated or reversed, undo the negation or reversal and use {@link #compareTrueFirst}.
   * @since 19.0
   */
  @Deprecated
  public final ComparisonChain compare(Boolean left, Boolean right) {

   *   <li>If a constructor or factory method takes a parameter whose type is interface, a dynamic
   *       proxy will be passed to the method. It's possible that the method body expects an
   *       instance method of the passed-in proxy to be of a certain value yet the proxy isn't aware
   *       of the assumption, in which case the equality check before and after serialization will
   *       fail.

    this.testsEquals = true;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Tests that the forwarding wrapper returned by {@code wrapperFunction} properly forwards method
   * calls with parameters passed as is, return value returned as is, and exceptions propagated as
   * is.
   */
  public <T> void testForwarding(
      Class<T> interfaceType, Function<? super T, ? extends T> wrapperFunction) {

    this.testsEquals = true;
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Tests that the forwarding wrapper returned by {@code wrapperFunction} properly forwards method
   * calls with parameters passed as is, return value returned as is, and exceptions propagated as
   * is.
   */
  public <T> void testForwarding(
      Class<T> interfaceType, Function<? super T, ? extends T> wrapperFunction) {