* Use monotonically increasing generation to prevent scheduler equivalence cache race. ([#67308](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/67308), [@cofyc](https://github.com/cofyc))

 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CommonObjectUtilitiesExplained#comparecompareto">{@code
 * ComparisonChain}</a>.
 *
 * <h4 id="java8">Java 8+ equivalents</h4>
 *
 * If you are using Java version 8 or greater, you should generally use the static methods in {@link
 * Comparator} instead of {@code ComparisonChain}. The example above can be implemented like this:
 *

   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  Hasher putLong(long l);

  /** Equivalent to {@code putInt(Float.floatToRawIntBits(f))}. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  Hasher putFloat(float f);

  /** Equivalent to {@code putLong(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d))}. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  Hasher putDouble(double d);

  /** Equivalent to {@code putByte(b ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0)}. */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

  /**
   * Determines if the given iterable contains no elements.
   *
   * <p>There is no precise {@link Iterator} equivalent to this method, since one can only ask an
   * iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i> (which one does using {@link
   * Iterator#hasNext}).
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code !stream.findAny().isPresent()}
   *
   * @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements

   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> fromNullable(@Nullable T nullableReference) {
    return (nullableReference == null) ? Optional.<T>absent() : new Present<T>(nullableReference);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the equivalent {@code com.google.common.base.Optional} value to the given {@code

   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
   */
  public static <T> Optional<T> fromNullable(@Nullable T nullableReference) {
    return (nullableReference == null) ? Optional.<T>absent() : new Present<T>(nullableReference);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the equivalent {@code com.google.common.base.Optional} value to the given {@code

   */
  @Nullable Range<C> rangeContaining(C value);

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if there exists a non-empty range enclosed by both a member range in this
   * range set and the specified range. This is equivalent to calling {@code
   * subRangeSet(otherRange)} and testing whether the resulting range set is non-empty.
   *
   * @since 20.0
   */
  boolean intersects(Range<C> otherRange);

  /**

   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@link Stream#count}.
   */
  public final int size() {
    return Iterables.size(getDelegate());
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if this fluent iterable contains any object for which {@code
   * equals(target)} is true.
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code stream.anyMatch(Predicate.isEqual(target))}.
   */