*/
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return Byte.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the least value present in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array a <i>nonempty</i> array of {@code byte} values
   * @return the value present in {@code array} that is less than or equal to every other value in
   *     the array
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code array} is empty
   */

  @Override
  public boolean putAll(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values) {
    checkNotNull(values);
    // make sure we only call values.iterator() once
    // and we only call get(key) if values is nonempty
    if (values instanceof Collection) {
      Collection<? extends V> valueCollection = (Collection<? extends V>) values;
      return !valueCollection.isEmpty() && get(key).addAll(valueCollection);
    } else {

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * A mapping from disjoint nonempty ranges to non-null values. Queries look up the value associated
 * with the range (if any) that contains a specified key.
 *
 * <p>In contrast to {@link RangeSet}, no "coalescing" is done of {@linkplain

  @Override
  public boolean putAll(@ParametricNullness K key, Iterable<? extends V> values) {
    checkNotNull(values);
    // make sure we only call values.iterator() once
    // and we only call get(key) if values is nonempty
    if (values instanceof Collection) {
      Collection<? extends V> valueCollection = (Collection<? extends V>) values;
      return !valueCollection.isEmpty() && get(key).addAll(valueCollection);
    } else {

     * in O(n) time stepping through the two collections.
     */
    Iterator<E> thisIterator = iterator();

    Iterator<?> thatIterator = targets.iterator();
    // known nonempty since we checked targets.size() > 1

    if (!thisIterator.hasNext()) {
      return false;
    }

    Object target = thatIterator.next();
    E current = thisIterator.next();
    try {

import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.function.BiFunction;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * A mapping from disjoint nonempty ranges to non-null values. Queries look up the value associated
 * with the range (if any) that contains a specified key.
 *
 * <p>In contrast to {@link RangeSet}, no "coalescing" is done of {@linkplain