this.comparators =
        Iterables.toArray(comparators, (Comparator<? super T>[]) new Comparator<?>[0]);
  }

  @Override
  public int compare(@ParametricNullness T left, @ParametricNullness T right) {
    for (int i = 0; i < comparators.length; i++) {
      int result = comparators[i].compare(left, right);
      if (result != 0) {
        return result;
      }
    }
    return 0;
  }

  @Override

      buffer[bufferSize++] = elem;
      // uncheckedCastNullableTToT is safe because bufferSize > 0.
      if (comparator.compare(elem, uncheckedCastNullableTToT(threshold)) > 0) {
        threshold = elem;
      }
      // uncheckedCastNullableTToT is safe because bufferSize > 0.
    } else if (comparator.compare(elem, uncheckedCastNullableTToT(threshold)) < 0) {
      // Otherwise, we can ignore elem; we've seen k better elements.

          for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            // We're careful to put only K instances in.
            if (i > 0 && comparator.compare((K) sortedKeys[i - 1], (K) sortedKeys[i]) == 0) {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                  "keys required to be distinct but compared as equal: "
                      + sortedKeys[i - 1]
                      + " and "
                      + sortedKeys[i]);
            }

        }

        if (
        /* s1 != null && */ s2 == null) {
            return 1;
        }

        return s1.compareTo(s2);
    }

    // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    @Override
    public int compareTo(MetadataGraphVertex vertex) {
        if (vertex == null || vertex.getMd() == null) {
            return 1;
        }

- github.com/evanphx/json-patch: [v4.2.0+incompatible → e83c0a1](https://github.com/evanphx/json-patch/compare/v4.2.0...e83c0a1)
- github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify: [v1.4.7 → v1.4.9](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/compare/v1.4.7...v1.4.9)
- github.com/go-kit/kit: [v0.8.0 → v0.9.0](https://github.com/go-kit/kit/compare/v0.8.0...v0.9.0)

					return
				}
			}
		case "Compress":
			if dc.IsNil() {
				err = dc.ReadNil()
				if err != nil {
					err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Compress")
					return
				}
				z.Compress = nil
			} else {
				if z.Compress == nil {
					z.Compress = new(bool)
				}
				*z.Compress, err = dc.ReadBool()
				if err != nil {
					err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Compress")
					return
				}
			}

- github.com/containerd/containerd/api: [v1.8.0 → v1.9.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/compare/api/v1.8.0...api/v1.9.0)
- github.com/containerd/ttrpc: [v1.2.6 → v1.2.7](https://github.com/containerd/ttrpc/compare/v1.2.6...v1.2.7)
- github.com/containerd/typeurl/v2: [v2.2.2 → v2.2.3](https://github.com/containerd/typeurl/compare/v2.2.2...v2.2.3)

/**
 * Resolves conflicting artifacts by always selecting the newest declaration. Newest is defined as the
 * declaration whose version is greater according to <code>ArtifactVersion.compareTo</code>.
 *
 * @see ArtifactVersion#compareTo
 * @since 3.0
 */
@Named("newest")
@Singleton
@Deprecated
public class NewestConflictResolver implements ConflictResolver {

        assertTrue(DialectVersion.SMB1.compareTo(DialectVersion.SMB202) < 0);
        assertTrue(DialectVersion.SMB202.compareTo(DialectVersion.SMB210) < 0);
        assertTrue(DialectVersion.SMB210.compareTo(DialectVersion.SMB300) < 0);
        assertTrue(DialectVersion.SMB300.compareTo(DialectVersion.SMB302) < 0);
        assertTrue(DialectVersion.SMB302.compareTo(DialectVersion.SMB311) < 0);
    }

    @Test

  ReverseOrdering(Ordering<? super T> forwardOrder) {
    this.forwardOrder = checkNotNull(forwardOrder);
  }

  @Override
  public int compare(@ParametricNullness T a, @ParametricNullness T b) {
    return forwardOrder.compare(b, a);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // how to explain?
  @Override
  public <S extends T> Ordering<S> reverse() {
    return (Ordering<S>) forwardOrder;
  }