*
   * @since 11.0
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Iterable<T> mergeSorted(
      Iterable<? extends Iterable<? extends T>> iterables, Comparator<? super T> comparator) {
    checkNotNull(iterables, "iterables");
    checkNotNull(comparator, "comparator");
    Iterable<T> iterable =
        new FluentIterable<T>() {
          @Override
          public Iterator<T> iterator() {

 * equality for both keys and values. This may not be the desired behavior for map implementations
 * that use non-standard notions of key equality, such as the entry of a {@code SortedMap} whose
 * comparator is not consistent with {@code equals}.
 *
 * <p>The {@code standard} methods are not guaranteed to be thread-safe, even when all of the
 * methods that they depend on are thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock

import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
import java.nio.IntBuffer;
import java.nio.LongBuffer;
import java.nio.ShortBuffer;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Currency;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

      }
    };
  }

  // collect
  @Generates
  <T> Comparator<T> generateComparator() {
    return generateOrdering();
  }

  @Generates
  <T extends @Nullable Object> Ordering<T> generateOrdering() {
    return new Ordering<T>() {
      @Override
      @SuppressWarnings("UnusedVariable") // intentionally weird Comparator
      public int compare(T left, T right) {
        return 0;
      }

   * example, {@code [] < [1L] < [1L, 2L] < [2L]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays
   * support only identity equality), but it is consistent with {@link Arrays#equals(long[],
   * long[])}.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   */
  public static Comparator<long[]> lexicographicalComparator() {
    return LexicographicalComparator.INSTANCE;
  }

   * HashMultimap#create()}, {@link LinkedHashMultimap#create()}, {@link
   * LinkedListMultimap#create()}, {@link TreeMultimap#create()}, and {@link
   * TreeMultimap#create(Comparator, Comparator)} won't suffice.
   *
   * <p>Note: the multimap assumes complete ownership over of {@code map} and the collections
   * returned by {@code factory}. Those objects should not be manually updated and they should not

   * HashMultimap#create()}, {@link LinkedHashMultimap#create()}, {@link
   * LinkedListMultimap#create()}, {@link TreeMultimap#create()}, and {@link
   * TreeMultimap#create(Comparator, Comparator)} won't suffice.
   *
   * <p>Note: the multimap assumes complete ownership over of {@code map} and the collections
   * returned by {@code factory}. Those objects should not be manually updated and they should not

    return super.asMap();
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p>Consequently, the values do not follow their natural ordering or the ordering of the value
   * comparator.
   */
  @Override
  public Collection<V> values() {
    return super.values();
  }

  @GwtIncompatible @J2ktIncompatible   private static final long serialVersionUID = 430848587173315748L;

import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.Proxy;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

    entries =
        copyToList(
            getSubjectGenerator()
                .getSampleElements(getSubjectGenerator().getCollectionSize().getNumElements()));
    sort(entries, Helpers.<K, V>entryComparator(navigableMap.comparator()));

    // some tests assume SEVERAL == 3
    if (entries.size() >= 1) {
      a = entries.get(0);
      if (entries.size() >= 3) {
        b = entries.get(1);
        c = entries.get(2);
      }
    }