*
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @author Jared Levy
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
/*
 * I have decided not to bother adding @ParametricNullness annotations in this class. Adding them is
 * a lot of busy work, and the annotation matters only when the APIs to be annotated are visible to
 * Kotlin code. In this class, nothing is publicly visible (nor exposed indirectly through a