this.comparator = comparator;
    checkState((type == Type.SORTED) == (comparator != null));
  }

  /** Returns an instance which specifies that no ordering is guaranteed. */
  public static <S> ElementOrder<S> unordered() {
    return new ElementOrder<>(Type.UNORDERED, null);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an instance which specifies that ordering is guaranteed to be always be the same across

  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E min(E a, E b) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(a, b);
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E min(E a, E b, E c, E... rest) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(a, b, c, rest);
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends Comparable<?>> E min(Iterator<E> iterator) {
    return NaturalOrdering.INSTANCE.max(iterator);
  }

  @Override

            // Create new Mac instance for thread safety without blocking other operations
            Mac mac;
            try {
                mac = createMacInstance();
            } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
                log.error("Failed to create Mac instance for signing", e);
                throw new RuntimeException("Failed to create Mac instance", e);
            }

  protected ForwardingObject() {}

  /**
   * Returns the backing delegate instance that methods are forwarded to. Abstract subclasses
   * generally override this method with an abstract method that has a more specific return type,
   * such as {@link ForwardingSet#delegate}. Concrete subclasses override this method to supply the
   * instance being decorated.
   */
  protected abstract Object delegate();

    }

    /**
     * Returns the underlying CrawlerClient.
     * @return The CrawlerClient instance.
     */
    public CrawlerClient getCrawlerClient() {
        return client;
    }

    /**
     * Sets the underlying CrawlerClient.
     * @param client The CrawlerClient instance to set.
     */
    public void setCrawlerClient(final CrawlerClient client) {
        this.client = client;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    /**
     * Creates a validator instance for form validation.
     * This method uses the system helper to create a validator with Fess-specific messages.
     *
     * @return a new action validator instance
     */
    @Override
    public ActionValidator<FessMessages> createValidator() {

 * way of "cutting" a "number line" (actually of instances of type {@code C}, not necessarily
 * "numbers") into two sections; this can be done below a certain value, above a certain value,
 * below all values or above all values. With this object defined in this way, an interval can
 * always be represented by a pair of {@code Cut} instances.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */

      new ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<>(ImmutableMap.of());

  /**
   * Returns an empty {@code ImmutableClassToInstanceMap}.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <B> ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B> of() {
    return (ImmutableClassToInstanceMap<B>) EMPTY;
  }

  /**

import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;

/**
 * A simple {@link Supplier} of {@link SessionBuilder} instances, that on each call supplies newly
 * constructed instance. To create session out of builder, use {@link SessionBuilder#build()}. For proper closing
 * of sessions, use {@link CloseableSession#close()} method on built instance(s).
 * <p>
 * Extend this class and override methods to customize, if needed.
 *
 * @since 4.0.0

  private static final char[] CHAR_BUFFER = new char[1024];

  static char[] charBufferFromThreadLocal() {
    // ThreadLocal is not available to GWT, so we always reuse the same
    // instance.  It is always safe to return the same instance because
    // javascript is single-threaded, and only used by blocks that doesn't
    // involve async callbacks.
    return CHAR_BUFFER;
  }

  private Platform() {}