* Returns a mutable view of the underlying bytes for the given {@code HashCode} if it is a
   * byte-based hashcode. Otherwise it returns {@link HashCode#asBytes}. Do <i>not</i> mutate this
   * array or else you will break the immutability contract of {@code HashCode}.
   */
  byte[] getBytesInternal() {
    return asBytes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether this {@code HashCode} and that {@code HashCode} have the same value, given that

   * Returns a mutable view of the underlying bytes for the given {@code HashCode} if it is a
   * byte-based hashcode. Otherwise it returns {@link HashCode#asBytes}. Do <i>not</i> mutate this
   * array or else you will break the immutability contract of {@code HashCode}.
   */
  byte[] getBytesInternal() {
    return asBytes();
  }

  /**
   * Returns whether this {@code HashCode} and that {@code HashCode} have the same value, given that

@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Lists {
  private Lists() {}

  // ArrayList

  /**
   * Creates a <i>mutable</i>, empty {@code ArrayList} instance (for Java 6 and earlier).
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> if mutability is not required, use {@link ImmutableList#of()} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated. Instead,