* invoke methods, they invoke methods on the {@code ForwardingNavigableSet}.
 *
 * <p>Each of the {@code standard} methods uses the set's comparator (or the natural ordering of the
 * elements, if there is no comparator) to test element equality. As a result, if the comparator is
 * not consistent with equals, some of the standard implementations may violate the {@code Set}
 * contract.
 *

    T upperEndpoint = range.hasUpperBound() ? range.upperEndpoint() : null;
    BoundType upperBoundType = range.hasUpperBound() ? range.upperBoundType() : OPEN;
    return new GeneralRange<>(
        Ordering.natural(),
        range.hasLowerBound(),
        lowerEndpoint,
        lowerBoundType,
        range.hasUpperBound(),
        upperEndpoint,
        upperBoundType);
  }

   *
   * <p>An empty iterable has only one permutation, which is an empty list.
   *
   * <p>This method is equivalent to {@code Collections2.orderedPermutations(list,
   * Ordering.natural())}.
   *
   * @param elements the original iterable whose elements have to be permuted.
   * @return an immutable {@link Collection} containing all the different permutations of the
   *     original iterable.

  };

  static final Supplier<TreeSet<String>> STRING_TREESET_FACTORY =
      new Supplier<TreeSet<String>>() {
        @Override
        public TreeSet<String> get() {
          return new TreeSet<>(Ordering.natural().nullsLast());
        }
      };

  static void populateMultimapForGet(Multimap<Integer, String> multimap, String[] elements) {
    multimap.put(2, "foo");
    for (String element : elements) {

    Range<Integer> range = Range.closed(3, 5);
    assertTrue(range.containsAll(asList(3, 3, 4, 5)));
    assertFalse(range.containsAll(asList(3, 3, 4, 5, 6)));

    // We happen to know that natural-order sorted sets use a different code
    // path, so we test that separately
    assertTrue(range.containsAll(ImmutableSortedSet.of(3, 3, 4, 5)));
    assertTrue(range.containsAll(ImmutableSortedSet.of(3)));

  private static final ImmutableList<Double> PSEUDORANDOM_DATASET = generatePseudorandomDataset();
  private static final ImmutableList<Double> PSEUDORANDOM_DATASET_SORTED =
      Ordering.natural().immutableSortedCopy(PSEUDORANDOM_DATASET);

  private static ImmutableList<Double> generatePseudorandomDataset() {
    Random random = new Random(2211275185798966364L);

        Collections.addAll(multiset, elements);
        return multiset;
      }

      @Override
      public List<String> order(List<String> insertionOrder) {
        return Ordering.natural().sortedCopy(insertionOrder);
      }
    };
  }

  private static final String KEY = "puppies";

  ConcurrentMap<String, AtomicInteger> backingMap;
  ConcurrentHashMultiset<String> multiset;

  };

  static final Supplier<TreeSet<String>> STRING_TREESET_FACTORY =
      new Supplier<TreeSet<String>>() {
        @Override
        public TreeSet<String> get() {
          return new TreeSet<>(Ordering.natural().nullsLast());
        }
      };

  static void populateMultimapForGet(Multimap<Integer, String> multimap, String[] elements) {
    multimap.put(2, "foo");
    for (String element : elements) {

 * thus paying for the cost of the expensive task.
 *
 * @author Dimitris Andreou
 * @since 13.0
 */
// TODO(user): switch to nano precision. A natural unit of cost is "bytes", and a micro precision
// would mean a maximum rate of "1MB/s", which might be small in some cases.
@Beta
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

        ? ImmutableList.<E>of()
        : ImmutableList.<E>construct(elements.clone());
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, sorted according to their natural
   * order. The sorting algorithm used is stable, so elements that compare as equal will stay in the
   * order in which they appear in the input.
   *