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(

    return new Chars();
  }

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

  /**
   * Creates a new collection containing the given elements; implement this method instead of {@link
   * #create(Object...)}.
   */

    List<E> list = new ArrayList<>();
    addAll(list, elements);
    return list;
  }

  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> List<E> copyToList(E[] elements) {
    return copyToList(asList(elements));
  }

  // Clone of Sets.newLinkedHashSet
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Set<E> copyToSet(Iterable<? extends E> elements) {
    Set<E> set = new LinkedHashSet<>();

     * For example, if this type is {@link #MODULES}, then the option is {@code "--module-path"}
     * followed by the specified path elements.
     * The paths are not quoted.
     *
     * @param paths the path to format as a tool option
     * @return the option associated to this path type followed by the given path elements,

 * returns a new instance.
 *
 * This collection is optimized for safe concurrent access over a very small number of elements.
 *
 * This collection and is expected to hold fewer than 10 elements. Each operation is _O(N)_, and so
 * building an instance with _N_ elements is _O(N**2)_.
 */
internal sealed class Tags {
  /**
   * Returns a tags instance that maps [key] to [value]. If [value] is null, this returns a tags

              @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
    protected List<Short> create(Short[] elements) {
      return asList(elements);
    }
  }

  public static final class ShortsAsListHeadSubListGenerator extends TestShortListGenerator {
    @Override
    protected List<Short> create(Short[] elements) {
      Short[] suffix = {Short.MIN_VALUE, Short.MAX_VALUE};
      Short[] all = concat(elements, suffix);
      return asList(all).subList(0, elements.length);

    protected List<Long> create(Long[] elements) {
      return asList(elements);
    }
  }

  public static final class LongsAsListHeadSubListGenerator extends TestLongListGenerator {
    @Override
    protected List<Long> create(Long[] elements) {
      Long[] suffix = {Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE};
      Long[] all = concat(elements, suffix);
      return asList(all).subList(0, elements.length);
    }
  }

    return new Strings();
  }

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

  /**
   * Creates a new collection containing the given elements; implement this method instead of {@link
   * #create(Object...)}.
   */

    return new Chars();
  }

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

  /**
   * Creates a new collection containing the given elements; implement this method instead of {@link
   * #create(Object...)}.
   */