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

   * 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) {

  }

  private static boolean isEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    return iterable instanceof Collection
        ? ((Collection<?>) iterable).isEmpty()
        : !iterable.iterator().hasNext();
  }

  public static void assertEmpty(Iterable<?> iterable) {
    if (!isEmpty(iterable)) {
      fail("Not true that " + iterable + " is empty");
    }
  }

  }

  private static class CountingIterable implements Iterable<String> {
    int count = 0;

    @Override
    public Iterator<String> iterator() {
      count++;
      return Iterators.forArray("a", "b", "a");
    }
  }

  public void testCopyOf_plainIterable() {
    CountingIterable iterable = new CountingIterable();
    Set<String> set = copyOf(iterable);
    assertEquals(2, set.size());

    TypeToken<ImmutableList<Integer>[]> type = new TypeToken<ImmutableList<Integer>[]>() {};
    ImmutableTypeToInstanceMap<Iterable<?>[]> map =
        ImmutableTypeToInstanceMap.<Iterable<?>[]>builder().put(type, array).build();
    assertEquals(1, map.size());
    // Redundant cast works around a javac bug.
    assertThat((Iterable<?>[]) map.getInstance(type)).asList().containsExactly(array[0]);
  }

  public void testWildcardType() {

//      from the plugin archive.
// TODO this will be the class that people get in IDEs to modify

/**
 * MavenExecutionPlan
 */
public class MavenExecutionPlan implements Iterable<ExecutionPlanItem> {

    /*
      At the moment, this class is totally immutable, and this is in line with thoughts about the
      pre-calculated execution plan that stays the same during the execution.

    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends @Nullable Object> List<E> sortedCopy(Iterable<E> iterable) {
    return Lists.newArrayList(iterable);
  }

  @Override
  public <E> ImmutableList<E> immutableSortedCopy(Iterable<E> iterable) {
    return ImmutableList.copyOf(iterable);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override
  public <S extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<S> reverse() {

    Iterable<Long> iterable = iterable(Collections.<Long>emptySet());
    assertThat(ImmutableLongArray.copyOf(iterable)).isSameInstanceAs(ImmutableLongArray.of());
  }

  public void testCopyOf_iterable_notCollection_nonempty() {
    List<Long> list = Arrays.asList(0L, 1L, 3L);
    ImmutableLongArray iia = ImmutableLongArray.copyOf(iterable(list));
    list.set(2, 2L);

     *
     * @return The number of {@link PropertyDesc}
     */
    int getPropertyDescSize();

    /**
     * Returns an {@link Iterable} of {@link PropertyDesc}.
     *
     * @return An {@link Iterable} of {@link PropertyDesc}
     */
    Iterable<PropertyDesc> getPropertyDescs();

    /**
     * Returns whether the {@link FieldDesc} exists.
     *
     * @param fieldName

     * @return an {@link Iterable} wrapping a {@link ClassLoaderIterator}
     */
    public static Iterable<ClassLoader> iterable(final ClassLoader classLoader) {
        return () -> new ClassLoaderIterator(classLoader);
    }

    /**
     * Constructs an instance.
     *
     * @param classLoader the class loader (must not be {@literal null})
     */