public static ComparisonChain start() {
    return ACTIVE;
  }

  private static final ComparisonChain ACTIVE =
      new ComparisonChain() {
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // unsafe; see discussion on supertype
        @Override
        public ComparisonChain compare(Comparable<?> left, Comparable<?> right) {
          return classify(((Comparable<Object>) left).compareTo(right));
        }

        @Override

    EnumBiMap<Currency, Country> bimap1 = EnumBiMap.create(Currency.class, Country.class);
    bimap1.put(Currency.DOLLAR, Country.SWITZERLAND);
    EnumHashBiMap<Currency, Object> bimap2 = // use supertype
        EnumHashBiMap.<Currency, Object>create(bimap1);
    assertEquals(Country.SWITZERLAND, bimap2.get(Currency.DOLLAR));
    assertEquals(bimap1, bimap2);
    bimap2.inverse().put("franc", Currency.FRANC);

   *
   * @param c the collection for which to return an array of elements
   * @param array the array in which to place the collection elements
   * @throws ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of
   *     the runtime type of every element in the specified collection
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArrayImpl(Collection<?> c, T[] array) {
    int size = c.size();
    if (array.length < size) {

 * short}, {@code int}, {@code float}, {@code double}, and {@code long} values.
 *
 * <p><b>Note:</b> This class intentionally violates the specification of its supertype {@code
 * DataInput}, which explicitly requires big-endian byte order.
 *
 * @author Chris Nokleberg
 * @author Keith Bottner
 * @since 8.0
 */
@J2ktIncompatible
@GwtIncompatible

 * advantage of that for convertAll, as discussed on that method.)
 *
 * 2. The supertype of this class could be `Function<@Nullable A, @Nullable B>`, since
 * Converter.apply (like Converter.convert) is capable of accepting null inputs. However, a
 * supertype of `Function<A, B>` turns out to be massively more useful to callers in practice: They

   *
   * @param c the collection for which to return an array of elements
   * @param array the array in which to place the collection elements
   * @throws ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of
   *     the runtime type of every element in the specified collection
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> T[] toArrayImpl(Collection<?> c, T[] array) {
    int size = c.size();
    if (array.length < size) {

   * @return an array containing all of the elements in this queue
   * @throws ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of
   *     the runtime type of every element in this queue
   * @throws NullPointerException if the specified array is null
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue // pushed down from class to method
  @Override

   * @return an array containing all of the elements in this queue
   * @throws ArrayStoreException if the runtime type of the specified array is not a supertype of
   *     the runtime type of every element in this queue
   * @throws NullPointerException if the specified array is null
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  public <T> T[] toArray(T[] a) {

 * <i>type</i> offering meaningful behavioral guarantees. This is substantially different from the
 * case of (say) {@link HashSet}, which is an <i>implementation</i>, with semantics that were
 * largely defined by its supertype.
 *
 * <p>For field types and method return types, you should generally use the immutable type (such as
 * {@link ImmutableList}) instead of the general collection interface type (such as {@link List}).

 * To give the system a second chance to handle dead events, they are wrapped in an instance of
 * {@link DeadEvent} and reposted.
 *
 * <p>If a subscriber for a supertype of all events (such as Object) is registered, no event will
 * ever be considered dead, and no DeadEvents will be generated. Accordingly, while DeadEvent