<constraint name="__context__" within="" contains="" />
      </replaceConfiguration>

   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> by definition, this comparator is not <i>consistent with equals</i> (as
   * defined {@linkplain Comparator here}). Avoid its use in APIs, such as {@link
   * TreeSet#TreeSet(Comparator)}, where such consistency is expected.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is serializable.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use the lambda expression {@code (a, b) -> 0} instead (in certain

  private static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> SortedSet<E> nullCheckedTreeSet(E[] elements) {
    SortedSet<E> set = newTreeSet();
    for (E element : elements) {
      // Explicit null check because TreeSet wrongly accepts add(null) when empty.
      set.add(checkNotNull(element));
    }
    return set;
  }

  public static class ContiguousSetGenerator extends AbstractContiguousSetGenerator {
    @Override