* IllegalArgumentException}.
   */
  @Override
  boolean allowsSelfLoops();

  /** Returns the order of iteration for the elements of {@link #nodes()}. */
  @Override
  ElementOrder<N> nodeOrder();

  /**
   * Returns an {@link ElementOrder} that specifies the order of iteration for the elements of
   * {@link #edges()}, {@link #adjacentNodes(Object)}, {@link #predecessors(Object)}, {@link

   * IllegalArgumentException}.
   */
  @Override
  boolean allowsSelfLoops();

  /** Returns the order of iteration for the elements of {@link #nodes()}. */
  @Override
  ElementOrder<N> nodeOrder();

  /**
   * Returns an {@link ElementOrder} that specifies the order of iteration for the elements of
   * {@link #edges()}, {@link #adjacentNodes(Object)}, {@link #predecessors(Object)}, {@link

   * traversal order of the collection's iterator.
   *
   * @param capacity the capacity of this queue
   * @param fair if {@code true} then queue accesses for threads blocked on insertion or removal,
   *     are processed in FIFO order; if {@code false} the access order is unspecified.
   * @param c the collection of elements to initially contain

        with(standardError) {
            files.forEach {
                assertContains("API changes in file '${it.name}' should be in alphabetical order (by type and member), yet these changes were not:\n")
            }
            changes?.forEach { assertContains(it.toString()) }
            assertContains(cleanupHint)
        }
    }

    private

   * perform better than its longhand equivalent, but should not perform worse.
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */
  HashCode hashInt(int input);

  /**
   * Shortcut for {@code newHasher().putLong(input).hash()}; returns the hash code for the given
   * {@code long} value, interpreted in little-endian byte order. The implementation <i>might</i>

   * perform better than its longhand equivalent, but should not perform worse.
   *
   * @since 12.0
   */
  HashCode hashInt(int input);

  /**
   * Shortcut for {@code newHasher().putLong(input).hash()}; returns the hash code for the given
   * {@code long} value, interpreted in little-endian byte order. The implementation <i>might</i>

 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public abstract class Ordering<T extends @Nullable Object> implements Comparator<T> {
  // Natural order

  /**
   * Returns a serializable ordering that uses the natural order of the values. The ordering throws
   * a {@link NullPointerException} when passed a null parameter.
   *

// arguments of [cmp.Ordered] types. There must be at least one argument.
// If T is a floating-point type and any of the arguments are NaNs,
// max will return NaN.
func max[T cmp.Ordered](x T, y ...T) T

// The min built-in function returns the smallest value of a fixed number of
// arguments of [cmp.Ordered] types. There must be at least one argument.

        // setup condition
        cb.query().addOrderBy_Name_Asc();

        // search

    }

    /**
     * Retrieves all available groups ordered by name in ascending order.
     * Limited by the configured maximum fetch size for groups.
     *
     * @return a list of all available groups
     */
    public List<Group> getAvailableGroupList() {

              Iterators.transform(
                  predecessors().iterator(),
                  (N predecessor) -> EndpointPair.ordered(predecessor, thisNode)),
              Iterators.transform(
                  successors().iterator(),
                  (N successor) -> EndpointPair.ordered(thisNode, successor)));
    } else {
      resultWithDoubleSelfLoop =
          Iterators.transform(