// if we need to update artifactScope of nearest to use farthest artifactScope, use the
                            // nearest version, but farthest artifactScope
                            nearest.disable();
                            farthest.getArtifact()
                                    .setVersion(nearest.getArtifact().getVersion());

		}
		pre = cur
	}
	return true
}

// alignSparseEntries mutates src and returns dst where each fragment's
// starting offset is aligned up to the nearest block edge, and each
// ending offset is aligned down to the nearest block edge.
//
// Even though the Go tar Reader and the BSD tar utility can handle entries
// with arbitrary offsets and lengths, the GNU tar utility can only handle

   *
   * <p>For the case of {@link RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN}, this implementation uses the IEEE 754
   * default rounding mode: if the two nearest representable values are equally near, the one with
   * the least significant bit zero is chosen. (In such cases, both of the nearest representable
   * values are even integers; this method returns the one that is a multiple of a greater power of
   * two.)
   *

     * public, retrieves methods with same signature as its public methods
     * from public superclasses and interfaces (if they exist). Basically
     * upcasts every method to the nearest acccessible method.
     */
    private static Method[] getAccessibleMethods(Class<?> clazz) {
        Method[] methods = clazz.getMethods();

        // Short circuit for the (hopefully) majority of cases where the

   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code char} if it is in the range of the {@code char} type,

   */
  public static short checkedCast(long value) {
    short result = (short) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code short} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code short} if it is in the range of the {@code short} type,

   */
  public static short checkedCast(long value) {
    short result = (short) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code short} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code short} if it is in the range of the {@code short} type,

   * updates are made to the base field.  Upon first contention (a
   * failed CAS on base update), the table is initialized to size 2.
   * The table size is doubled upon further contention until
   * reaching the nearest power of two greater than or equal to the
   * number of CPUS. Table slots remain empty (null) until they are
   * needed.
   *
   * A single spinlock ("busy") is used for initializing and

   */
  public static int checkedCast(long value) {
    int result = (int) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code int} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code int} if it is in the range of the {@code int} type,

   */
  public static char checkedCast(long value) {
    char result = (char) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@code char} nearest in value to {@code value}.
   *
   * @param value any {@code long} value
   * @return the same value cast to {@code char} if it is in the range of the {@code char} type,