// we dangerously assume E is a string
                List<E> extremeValues = (List<E>) getExtremeValues();
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                // map generators must past entry objects
                List<E> normalValues = (List<E>) Arrays.asList(entries);

                // prepare extreme values to be filtered out of view
                Collections.sort(extremeValues, comparator);

                // we dangerously assume E is a string
                List<E> extremeValues = (List<E>) getExtremeValues();
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                // map generators must past entry objects
                List<E> normalValues = (List<E>) Arrays.asList(entries);

                // prepare extreme values to be filtered out of view
                Collections.sort(extremeValues, comparator);

          throw new NoSuchElementException();
        }
        /*
         * requireNonNull is safe because our callers always pass non-null arguments. Each element
         * of the array becomes null only when we iterate past it and then clear it.
         */
        I result = requireNonNull(elements[index]);
        elements[index] = null;
        index++;
        return result;
      }
    };
  }

  /**