*
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Predicates {

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that always evaluates to {@code true}.
   *
   * <p><b>Discouraged:</b> Prefer using {@code x -> true}, but note that lambdas do not have
   * human-readable {@link #toString()} representations and are not serializable.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<T> alwaysTrue() {

					continue
				}
			}
			if !strict && eVer.header.matchesNotStrict(oVer.header) {
				if prefer == nil {
					if eVer.header.sortsBefore(oVer.header) {
						prefer = e
					} else {
						prefer = other
					}
				}
				continue
			}
			if prefer != nil {
				return prefer, false
			}

			if eVer.header.sortsBefore(oVer.header) {
				return e, false
			}

   * {@code equals}, {@code hashCode} or {@code toString} behavior of the returned function. A
   * future migration to {@code java.util.function} will not preserve this behavior.
   *
   * <p>As discussed above, prefer to use the method reference {@code Object::toString} instead,
   * though note that it is not serializable unless you explicitly make it {@link Serializable},

   *     helpful predefined constants
   * @return a string containing all the characters from the file
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
   * @deprecated Prefer {@code asCharSource(file, charset).read()}.
   */
  @Deprecated
  @InlineMe(
      replacement = "Files.asCharSource(file, charset).read()",
      imports = "com.google.common.io.Files")

 * create the {@code TopKSelector} instance.
 *
 * <p>If your input data is available as a {@link Stream}, prefer passing {@link
 * Comparators#least(int)} to {@link Stream#collect(java.util.stream.Collector)}. If it is available
 * as an {@link Iterable} or {@link Iterator}, prefer {@link Ordering#leastOf(Iterable, int)}.
 *
 * <p>This uses the same efficient implementation as {@link Ordering#leastOf(Iterable, int)},

   *     helpful predefined constants
   * @return a string containing all the characters from the file
   * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
   * @deprecated Prefer {@code asCharSource(file, charset).read()}.
   */
  @Deprecated
  @InlineMe(
      replacement = "Files.asCharSource(file, charset).read()",
      imports = "com.google.common.io.Files")

  /**
   * Returns the response as a byte array.
   *
   * This method loads entire response body into memory. If the response body is very large this
   * may trigger an [OutOfMemoryError]. Prefer to stream the response body if this is a
   * possibility for your response.
   */
  @Throws(IOException::class)
  fun bytes() = consumeSource(BufferedSource::readByteArray) { it.size }

  /**

        // Score interface for selection (higher is better)
        int score = linkSpeed;  // Base score is link speed
        
        if (rssCapable) score += 1000;   // Prefer RSS-capable
        if (rdmaCapable) score += 2000;  // Prefer RDMA-capable
        if (!ipv6) score += 100;         // Slight preference for IPv4
        
        return score;
    }
    
    private boolean checkRSSCapability() {

      /**
       * For whatever reason our BouncyCastle provider doesn't work with ECDSA keys. Just configure it
       * to use RSA-2048 instead.
       *
       * (We otherwise prefer ECDSA because it's faster.)
       */
      private val localhostHandshakeCertificatesWithRsa2048: HandshakeCertificates by lazy {
        val heldCertificate =
          HeldCertificate
            .Builder()

   * or after it has returned. If startup fails, the invocation should cause a call to {@link
   * #notifyFailed(Throwable)} instead.
   *
   * <p>This method should return promptly; prefer to do work on a different thread where it is
   * convenient. It is invoked exactly once on service startup, even when {@link #startAsync} is
   * called multiple times.
   */
  @ForOverride