return construct(array);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order. If {@code elements} is a
   * {@link Collection}, this method behaves exactly as {@link #copyOf(Collection)}; otherwise, it
   * behaves exactly as {@code copyOf(elements.iterator()}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} contains a null element
   */

  /**
   * Returns an encoding that behaves equivalently to this encoding, but omits any padding
   * characters as specified by <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-3.2">RFC 4648
   * section 3.2</a>, Padding of Encoded Data.
   */
  public abstract BaseEncoding omitPadding();

  /**
   * Returns an encoding that behaves equivalently to this encoding, but uses an alternate character

  private static final char GREATEST = Character.MAX_VALUE;

  private static final char[] VALUES = {LEAST, 'a', '\u00e0', '\udcaa', GREATEST};

  // We need to test that our method behaves like the JDK method.
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner")
  public void testHashCode() {
    for (char value : VALUES) {
      assertThat(Chars.hashCode(value)).isEqualTo(Character.hashCode(value));
    }
  }

        Integer.MAX_VALUE,
        Long.MIN_VALUE,
        Long.MAX_VALUE
      };

  private static final double[] VALUES = Doubles.concat(NUMBERS, new double[] {NaN});

  // We need to test that our method behaves like the JDK method.
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner")
  public void testHashCode() {
    for (double value : VALUES) {
      assertThat(Doubles.hashCode(value)).isEqualTo(Double.hashCode(value));
    }
  }

    return construct(array);
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable list containing the given elements, in order. If {@code elements} is a
   * {@link Collection}, this method behaves exactly as {@link #copyOf(Collection)}; otherwise, it
   * behaves exactly as {@code copyOf(elements.iterator()}.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code elements} contains a null element
   */

  private static final int GREATEST = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

  private static final int[] VALUES = {LEAST, (int) -1, (int) 0, (int) 1, GREATEST};

  // We need to test that our method behaves like the JDK method.
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner")
  public void testHashCode() {
    for (int value : VALUES) {
      assertThat(Ints.hashCode(value)).isEqualTo(Integer.hashCode(value));
    }
  }

  private static final byte[] ARRAY234 = {(byte) 2, (byte) 3, (byte) 4};

  private static final byte[] VALUES = {Byte.MIN_VALUE, -1, 0, 1, Byte.MAX_VALUE};

  // We need to test that our method behaves like the JDK method.
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner")
  public void testHashCode() {
    for (byte value : VALUES) {
      assertThat(Bytes.hashCode(value)).isEqualTo(Byte.hashCode(value));
    }
  }

  private static final short GREATEST = Short.MAX_VALUE;

  private static final short[] VALUES = {LEAST, (short) -1, (short) 0, (short) 1, GREATEST};

  // We need to test that our method behaves like the JDK method.
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeInliner")
  public void testHashCode() {
    for (short value : VALUES) {
      assertThat(Shorts.hashCode(value)).isEqualTo(Short.hashCode(value));
    }
  }

        function ->> code: return stored result
    end
```

In the case of our dependency `get_settings()`, the function doesn't even take any arguments, so it always returns the same value.

That way, it behaves almost as if it was just a global variable. But as it uses a dependency function, then we can override it easily for testing.

   * identically to this equivalence.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning: do not depend</b> on the behavior of this method.
   *
   * <p>Historically, {@code Equivalence} instances in this library have implemented this method to
   * recognize certain cases where distinct {@code Equivalence} instances would in fact behave