* locale. That is, it compares, using {@link #compare(char, char)}), the first pair of values
   * that follow any common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter
   * array as the lesser. For example, {@code [] < ['a'] < ['a', 'b'] < ['b']}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(short, short)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [(short) 1] < [(short) 1, (short) 2] < [(short) 2]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

   * compares, using {@link #compare(short, short)}), the first pair of values that follow any
   * common prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the
   * lesser. For example, {@code [] < [(short) 1] < [(short) 1, (short) 2] < [(short) 2]}.
   *
   * <p>The returned comparator is inconsistent with {@link Object#equals(Object)} (since arrays

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 *   <li>Next, non-null {@code Foo} values are passed to {@code getBarFunction} (we will be
 *       comparing {@code Bar} values from now on)
 *   <li>Next, if only one {@code Bar} is null, that null value is treated as <i>lesser</i>
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      case 2:
        return 1; // The lone element in the maxHeap is the maximum.
      default:
        // The max element must sit on the first level of the maxHeap. It is
        // actually the *lesser* of the two from the maxHeap's perspective.
        return (maxHeap.compareElements(1, 2) <= 0) ? 1 : 2;
    }
  }

  /**

 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *