@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // the purpose is to test raw type
    Invokable<?, Iterable> delegate =
        Prepender.method("prepend", String.class, Iterable.class).returning(Iterable.class);
    assertEquals(new TypeToken<Iterable<String>>() {}, delegate.getReturnType());
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // prepend() returns Iterable<String>
    Iterable<String> result = delegate.invoke(null, "a", ImmutableList.of("b", "c"));

    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // the purpose is to test raw type
    Invokable<?, Iterable> delegate =
        Prepender.method("prepend", String.class, Iterable.class).returning(Iterable.class);
    assertEquals(new TypeToken<Iterable<String>>() {}, delegate.getReturnType());
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // prepend() returns Iterable<String>
    Iterable<String> result = delegate.invoke(null, "a", ImmutableList.of("b", "c"));

   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(
      Iterable<? extends T> iterable, Comparator<T> comparator) {
    checkNotNull(comparator);
    Iterator<? extends T> it = iterable.iterator();
    if (it.hasNext()) {
      T prev = it.next();
      while (it.hasNext()) {
        T next = it.next();
        if (comparator.compare(prev, next) > 0) {

    public Iterable<UseIterable<? extends Iterable<?>>>
        wildcardOfImplicitBoundedIsSubtypeOfWildcardOfExplicitlyBounded(
            List<UseIterable<?>> withImplicitBounds) {
      return isSubtype(withImplicitBounds);
    }

    @TestSubtype(suppressGetSupertype = true, suppressGetSubtype = true)
    public Iterable<UseSerializableIterable<? extends Iterable<?>>>

  // <Integer> needed to prevent warning :(
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_ = Arrays.<Integer>asList();
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_1 = Arrays.asList(1);
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_12 = Arrays.asList(1, 2);
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_123 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
  private static final Iterable<@Nullable Integer> ITERABLE_NULL = Arrays.asList((Integer) null);

   *
   * <p><b>Exception:</b> for consistency with separator-based splitters, {@code split("")} does not
   * yield an empty iterable, but an iterable containing {@code ""}. This is the only case in which
   * {@code Iterables.size(split(input))} does not equal {@code IntMath.divide(input.length(),
   * length, CEILING)}. To avoid this behavior, use {@code omitEmptyStrings}.
   *

      @Nullable Object... rest)
      throws IOException {
    return appendTo(appendable, iterable(first, second, rest));
  }

  /**
   * Appends the string representation of each of {@code parts}, using the previously configured
   * separator between each, to {@code builder}. Identical to {@link #appendTo(Appendable,
   * Iterable)}, except that it does not throw {@link IOException}.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

  // Ordering<Iterable<String>> o =
  //     Ordering.<String>natural().lexicographical();
  public <S extends T> Ordering<Iterable<S>> lexicographical() {
    /*
     * Note that technically the returned ordering should be capable of
     * handling not just {@code Iterable<S>} instances, but also any {@code
     * Iterable<? extends S>}. However, the need for this comes up so rarely

  // <Integer> needed to prevent warning :(
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_ = Arrays.<Integer>asList();
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_1 = Arrays.asList(1);
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_12 = Arrays.asList(1, 2);
  private static final Iterable<Integer> ITERABLE_123 = Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3);
  private static final Iterable<@Nullable Integer> ITERABLE_NULL = Arrays.asList((Integer) null);

   * they are returned by the iterable's iterator.
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */
  public static <E> ArrayDeque<E> newArrayDeque(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof Collection) {
      return new ArrayDeque<>((Collection<? extends E>) elements);
    }
    ArrayDeque<E> deque = new ArrayDeque<>();
    Iterables.addAll(deque, elements);
    return deque;