throw PermittedMetaException.ISE;
      }
    }

    private List<E> getElements() {
      List<E> elements = new ArrayList<>();
      Helpers.addAll(elements, previousElements);
      Helpers.addAll(elements, Helpers.reverse(nextElements));
      return elements;
    }
  }

  public enum KnownOrder {
    KNOWN_ORDER,
    UNKNOWN_ORDER
  }

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * This class provides a skeletal implementation of the {@code Iterator} interface for sequences
 * whose next element can always be derived from the previous element. Null elements are not
 * supported, nor is the {@link #remove()} method.
 *
 * <p>Example:
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * Iterator<Integer> powersOfTwo =
 *     new AbstractSequentialIterator<Integer>(1) {

    return new LexicographicalOrdering<S>(checkNotNull(comparator));
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if each element in {@code iterable} after the first is greater than or
   * equal to the element that preceded it, according to the specified comparator. Note that this is
   * always true when the iterable has fewer than two elements.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> boolean isInOrder(

              public Collection<String> create(String[] elements) {
                // TODO: MinimalCollection should perhaps throw
                for (Object element : elements) {
                  if (element == null) {
                    throw new NullPointerException();
                  }
                }
                return MinimalCollection.of(elements);
              }
            })

        List<Object> resultList = (List<Object>) result;
        assertEquals(3, resultList.size());

        // First element should be converted to Map since it's an Entity
        assertTrue(resultList.get(0) instanceof Map);
        // All elements are converted by BeanUtil.copyBeanToNewMap when first element is Entity
        assertTrue(resultList.get(1) instanceof Map);
        assertTrue(resultList.get(2) instanceof Map);
    }

    @Override
    public int count(@Nullable Object element) {
      return standardCount(element);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {
      return standardEquals(object);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return standardHashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean add(E element) {
      return standardAdd(element);
    }

    return new Strings();
  }

  @Override
  public Multiset<String> create(Object... elements) {
    String[] array = new String[elements.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object e : elements) {
      array[i++] = (String) e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  protected abstract Multiset<String> create(String[] elements);

  @Override
  public String[] createArray(int length) {
    return new String[length];

              @Override
              public Collection<@Nullable String> create(@Nullable String[] elements) {
                List<@Nullable String> list = new ArrayList<>();
                for (String element : elements) {
                  list.add((element == null) ? null : "q" + element);
                }
                return Collections2.transform(

    @Override
    public int count(@Nullable Object element) {
      return standardCount(element);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {
      return standardEquals(object);
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
      return standardHashCode();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean add(E element) {
      return standardAdd(element);
    }

      char tmp = array[i];
      array[i] = array[j];
      array[j] = tmp;
    }
  }

  /**
   * Performs a right rotation of {@code array} of "distance" places, so that the first element is
   * moved to index "distance", and the element at index {@code i} ends up at index {@code (distance
   * + i) mod array.length}. This is equivalent to {@code Collections.rotate(Chars.asList(array),