/**
 * Resolves conflicting artifacts by always selecting the oldest declaration. Oldest is defined as the
 * declaration whose version is less according to <code>ArtifactVersion.compareTo</code>.
 *
 * @see ArtifactVersion#compareTo
 * @since 3.0
 */
@Named("oldest")
@Singleton
@Deprecated
public class OldestConflictResolver implements ConflictResolver {

class OldestConflictResolverTest extends AbstractConflictResolverTest {
    // constructors -----------------------------------------------------------

    public OldestConflictResolverTest() throws Exception {
        super("oldest");
    }

    // tests ------------------------------------------------------------------

    /**
     * Tests that <code>a:1.0</code> wins in the scenario:
     * <pre>
     * a:1.0
     * b:1.0 -&gt; a:2.0

    int[] entries = requireEntries();

    // Loop over current hashtable
    for (int oldTableIndex = 0; oldTableIndex <= oldMask; oldTableIndex++) {
      int oldNext = CompactHashing.tableGet(oldTable, oldTableIndex);
      while (oldNext != UNSET) {
        int entryIndex = oldNext - 1;
        int oldEntry = entries[entryIndex];

        // Rebuild hash using entry hashPrefix and tableIndex ("hashSuffix")

   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@link #JAVA_EXT_DIRS} was deprecated in Java 8 and removed in Java 9. We have not
   *       confirmed whether it is available under older versions.
   *   <li>{@link #JAVA_COMPILER}, while still listed as required as of Java 15, is typically not
   *       available even under older version.
   *   <li>Any property may be cleared through APIs like {@link System#clearProperty}.

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;

import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Disables Animal Sniffer's checking of compatibility with older versions of Java/Android.
 *
 * <p>Each package's copy of this annotation needs to be listed in our {@code pom.xml}.
 */
@Target({METHOD, CONSTRUCTOR, TYPE})
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

     */
    private <T> List<T> injectList(List<T> list, Function<T, T> modifer) {
        List<T> newList = null;
        for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
            T oldT = list.get(i);
            T newT = modifer.apply(oldT);
            if (newT != oldT) {
                if (newList == null) {
                    newList = new ArrayList<>(list);
                }
                newList.set(i, newT);
            }

  }

  /**
   * Returns the start position of the first occurrence of the specified {@code target} within
   * {@code array}, or {@code -1} if there is no such occurrence.
   *
   * <p>More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i} such that {@code Arrays.copyOfRange(array,
   * i, i + target.length)} contains exactly the same elements as {@code target}.
   *
   * @param array the array to search for the sequence {@code target}

    Collection<E> siblingCollection = new ArrayList<>();
    siblingCollection.add(sampleElement);

    Collection<E> copy = new ArrayList<>();
    // Avoid copy.addAll(collection), which runs afoul of an Android bug in older versions:
    // http://b.android.com/72073 http://r.android.com/98929
    Iterators.addAll(copy, collection.iterator());

    try {
      collection.add(sampleElement);

  }

  /**
   * Returns the start position of the first occurrence of the specified {@code target} within
   * {@code array}, or {@code -1} if there is no such occurrence.
   *
   * <p>More formally, returns the lowest index {@code i} such that {@code Arrays.copyOfRange(array,
   * i, i + target.length)} contains exactly the same elements as {@code target}.
   *

     * defined precedence onto each other to achieve proper precedence. Precedence is defined as:
     * <ul>
     *     <li>System properties (lowest precedence)</li>
     *     <li>Project properties (optional)</li>
     *     <li>User properties (highest precedence)</li>
     * </ul>