Method sortedCopy

guava/src/com/google/common/collect/Ordering.java:860–865

(Iterable<E> elements)

   */
  // TODO(kevinb): rerun benchmarks including new options
  public <E extends T> List<E> sortedCopy(Iterable<E> elements) {
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // does not escape, and contains only E's
    E[] array = (E[]) Iterables.toArray(elements);
    sort(array, this);
    return new ArrayList<>(asList(array));
  }

  /**
   * Returns an <b>immutable</b> list containing {@code elements} sorted by this ordering. The input