// so there is no object state put at risk by stopping the threads abruptly. In some cases a test
  // may put a thread into an uninterruptible operation intentionally, so there is no other way to
  // clean up these threads.
  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
  @Override
  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
    stop();
    join();

    if (uncaughtThrowable != null) {

@GwtCompatible
final class AllEqualOrdering extends Ordering<@Nullable Object> implements Serializable {
  static final AllEqualOrdering INSTANCE = new AllEqualOrdering();

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("UnusedVariable") // intentionally weird Comparator
  public int compare(@Nullable Object left, @Nullable Object right) {
    return 0;
  }

  @Override
  public <E extends @Nullable Object> List<E> sortedCopy(Iterable<E> iterable) {

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