NaturalStringComparator causes "Comparison method violates its general contract!" when specific order of strings given

    @Test
    public void testContractViolationError() {
        final List<String> list = Arrays.asList(
                "a",
                "a",
                "亜",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "1",
                "a",
                "a",
                "1",
                "1",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "亜",
                "1",
                "a",
                "亜",
                "a",
                "亜",
                "10",
                "５",
                "５",
                "a",
                "あ",
                "亜",
                "a",
                "a",
                "亜",
                "a",
                "a",
                "a",
                "1",
                "1",
                "1",
                "a",
                "a",
                "1",
                "a",
                "1",
                "a",
                "亜"
        );
        try {
            list.sort(comparator);
        }catch(Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            Assert.fail();
        }
    }

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Comparison method violates its general contract!
	at java.util.TimSort.mergeLo(TimSort.java:777)
	at java.util.TimSort.mergeAt(TimSort.java:514)
	at java.util.TimSort.mergeCollapse(TimSort.java:441)
	at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:245)
	at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1438)
	at java.util.Arrays$ArrayList.sort(Arrays.java:3895)
	at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.TestNaturalStringComparator.testContractViolationError(TestNaturalStringComparator.java:275)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod$1.runReflectiveCall(FrameworkMethod.java:50)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.model.ReflectiveCallable.run(ReflectiveCallable.java:12)
	at org.junit.runners.model.FrameworkMethod.invokeExplosively(FrameworkMethod.java:47)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.InvokeMethod.evaluate(InvokeMethod.java:17)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runLeaf(ParentRunner.java:325)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:78)
	at org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.runChild(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.java:57)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$3.run(ParentRunner.java:290)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$1.schedule(ParentRunner.java:71)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.runChildren(ParentRunner.java:288)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.access$000(ParentRunner.java:58)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner$2.evaluate(ParentRunner.java:268)
	at org.junit.internal.runners.statements.RunBefores.evaluate(RunBefores.java:26)
	at org.junit.runners.ParentRunner.run(ParentRunner.java:363)
	at org.junit.runner.JUnitCore.run(JUnitCore.java:137)
	at com.intellij.junit4.JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.startRunnerWithArgs(JUnit4IdeaTestRunner.java:68)
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.IdeaTestRunner$Repeater.startRunnerWithArgs(IdeaTestRunner.java:47)
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.prepareStreamsAndStart(JUnitStarter.java:242)
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.junit.JUnitStarter.main(JUnitStarter.java:70)