*/
  public static Escaper nullEscaper() {
    return NULL_ESCAPER;
  }

  // An Escaper that efficiently performs no escaping.
  // Extending CharEscaper (instead of Escaper) makes Escapers.compose() easier.
  private static final Escaper NULL_ESCAPER =
      new CharEscaper() {
        @Override
        public String escape(String string) {
          return checkNotNull(string);
        }

        @Override

   * call {@code supplier} or invoke {@code function} until it is called.
   */
  public static <F extends @Nullable Object, T extends @Nullable Object> Supplier<T> compose(
      Function<? super F, T> function, Supplier<F> supplier) {
    return new SupplierComposition<>(function, supplier);
  }

  private static class SupplierComposition<F extends @Nullable Object, T extends @Nullable Object>

   */
  public static Escaper nullEscaper() {
    return NULL_ESCAPER;
  }

  // An Escaper that efficiently performs no escaping.
  // Extending CharEscaper (instead of Escaper) makes Escapers.compose() easier.
  private static final Escaper NULL_ESCAPER =
      new CharEscaper() {
        @Override
        public String escape(String string) {
          return checkNotNull(string);
        }

        @Override

      Predicate<? super K> keyPredicate) {
    return compose(keyPredicate, Maps.<K>keyFunction());
  }

  static <V extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<Entry<?, V>> valuePredicateOnEntries(
      Predicate<? super V> valuePredicate) {
    return compose(valuePredicate, Maps.<V>valueFunction());
  }

  /**

      Predicate<? super K> keyPredicate) {
    return compose(keyPredicate, Maps.<K>keyFunction());
  }

  static <V extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<Entry<?, V>> valuePredicateOnEntries(
      Predicate<? super V> valuePredicate) {
    return compose(valuePredicate, Maps.<V>valueFunction());
  }

  /**

                (rowComparator == null)
                    ? 0
                    : rowComparator.compare(cell1.getRowKey(), cell2.getRowKey());
            if (rowCompare != 0) {
              return rowCompare;
            }
            return (columnComparator == null)
                ? 0
                : columnComparator.compare(cell1.getColumnKey(), cell2.getColumnKey());
          };
      Collections.sort(cells, comparator);

   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return toInt(a) - toInt(b);
  }

  /**

@J2ktIncompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class ArbitraryInstances {

  private static final Ordering<Field> BY_FIELD_NAME =
      new Ordering<Field>() {
        @Override
        public int compare(Field left, Field right) {
          return left.getName().compareTo(right.getName());
        }
      };

  /**
   * Returns a new {@code MatchResult} that corresponds to a successful match. Apache Harmony (used

                .compare(1.0, 1.0)
                .compare(1.0f, 1.0f)
                .compare("a", "a", Ordering.usingToString())
                .result())
        .isEqualTo(0);
  }

  public void testShortCircuitLess() {
    assertThat(
            ComparisonChain.start()
                .compare("a", "b")
                .compare(DONT_COMPARE_ME, DONT_COMPARE_ME)
                .result())

   * instead (but note that it does not guarantee which tied minimum element is returned).
   *
   * @param a value to compare, returned if less than or equal to the rest.
   * @param b value to compare
   * @param c value to compare
   * @param rest values to compare
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not <i>mutually comparable</i> under this
   *     ordering.
   */
  @ParametricNullness