protected final ContiguousSet<Integer> checkedCreate(SortedSet<Integer> elementsSet) {
      List<Integer> elements = newArrayList(elementsSet);
      /*
       * A ContiguousSet can't have holes. If a test demands a hole, it should be changed so that it
       * doesn't need one, or it should be suppressed for ContiguousSet.
       */
      for (int i = 0; i < elements.size() - 1; i++) {

    protected final ContiguousSet<Integer> checkedCreate(SortedSet<Integer> elementsSet) {
      List<Integer> elements = newArrayList(elementsSet);
      /*
       * A ContiguousSet can't have holes. If a test demands a hole, it should be changed so that it
       * doesn't need one, or it should be suppressed for ContiguousSet.
       */
      for (int i = 0; i < elements.size() - 1; i++) {

        return minChildIndex;
      }
      return crossOverUp(index, x);
    }

    /**
     * Fills the hole at {@code index} by moving in the least of its grandchildren to this position,
     * then recursively filling the new hole created.
     *
     * @return the position of the new hole (where the lowest grandchild moved from, that had no
     *     grandchild to replace it)
     */
    int fillHoleAt(int index) {

     * file and has not been subjected to inheritance, interpolation or profile/default injection.
     *
     * @param model The model to validate, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
     */

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.maven.building.Problem;
import org.apache.maven.toolchain.model.PersistedToolchains;

/**
 * Holds the result of the merged toolchains and holds the problems during this build, if any.
 *
 * @since 3.3.0
 * @deprecated since 4.0.0, use {@link org.apache.maven.api.services.ToolchainsBuilder} instead
 */
@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")

     * @param model The model whose paths should be resolved, may be {@code null}.
     * @param basedir The base directory to resolve relative paths against, may be {@code null}.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #alignToBaseDirectory(Model, Path, ModelBuildingRequest)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated

     *
     * @param model The model whose duplicate elements should be merged, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
     */

        return minChildIndex;
      }
      return crossOverUp(index, x);
    }

    /**
     * Fills the hole at {@code index} by moving in the least of its grandchildren to this position,
     * then recursively filling the new hole created.
     *
     * @return the position of the new hole (where the lowest grandchild moved from, that had no
     *     grandchild to replace it)
     */
    int fillHoleAt(int index) {

     * @param profile The (read-only) profile whose values should be injected, may be <code>null</code>.
     * @param request The model building request that holds further settings, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param problems The container used to collect problems that were encountered, must not be {@code null}.
     */

   * a "hole" in it so that set tests of {@code ContiguousSet} can suppress them with {@code
   * FeatureSpecificTestSuiteBuilder.suppressing()}.
   */
  /*
   * TODO(cpovirk): or we could make HOLES_FORBIDDEN a feature. Or we could declare that
   * implementations are permitted to throw IAE if a hole is requested, and we could update