if (lowerBound != null) {
            int comparison = lowerBound.compareTo(version);

            if ((comparison == 0) && !lowerBoundInclusive) {
                return false;
            }
            if (comparison > 0) {
                return false;
            }
        }
        if (upperBound != null) {
            int comparison = upperBound.compareTo(version);

   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> no differences.
   */
  public abstract boolean isPresent();

  /**
   * Returns the contained instance, which must be present. If the instance might be absent, use
   * {@link #or(Object)} or {@link #orNull} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> when the value is absent, this method

   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> no differences.
   */
  public abstract boolean isPresent();

  /**
   * Returns the contained instance, which must be present. If the instance might be absent, use
   * {@link #or(Object)} or {@link #orNull} instead.
   *
   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> when the value is absent, this method

        try {
            // Time comparison between different length passwords
            long timeDiffLength = measureEqualsTime(auth1, auth2, TIMING_ITERATIONS);

            // Create same length passwords for comparison
            char[] password3 = "short".toCharArray();

                    } else {
                        int comparison = res1.getLowerBound().compareTo(res2.getLowerBound());
                        if (comparison < 0) {
                            lower = res2.getLowerBound();
                            lowerInclusive = res2.isLowerBoundInclusive();
                        } else if (comparison == 0) {
                            lower = res1.getLowerBound();

        byte b = (byte) 0xFF;
        int value = b & 0xFF;
        assertEquals(255, value, "Byte to unsigned conversion should work");

        // Test comparison operation
        assertTrue(value == 255, "Comparison should work correctly");
    }

    /**
     * Encode a string as 16-bit little-endian Unicode
     */
    private byte[] encodeUnicode(String s) {

        assertFalse(stringRep.isEmpty());
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Should handle version comparison")
    void testVersionComparison() {
        // Test equality
        assertEquals(DialectVersion.SMB311, DialectVersion.SMB311);
        assertNotEquals(DialectVersion.SMB1, DialectVersion.SMB311);

        // Test comparison
        assertTrue(DialectVersion.SMB1.compareTo(DialectVersion.SMB311) < 0);

            return Stream.of(Arguments.of(null, "4.1.0"), Arguments.of("4.0.0", null), Arguments.of(null, null));
        }
    }

    @Nested
    @DisplayName("Version Comparison")
    class VersionComparisonTests {

        @Test
        @DisplayName("should compare versions correctly")
        void shouldCompareVersionsCorrectly() {

import java.util.Deque;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * <p>
 * Generic implementation of version comparison.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Features:
 * <ul>
 * <li>Mixing of '<code>-</code>' (hyphen) and '<code>.</code>' (dot) separators,</li>
 * <li>Transition between characters and digits also constitutes a separator:

import org.jspecify.annotations.NullUnmarked;

/** Unit tests for {@link Service} */
@NullUnmarked
@GwtIncompatible
@J2ktIncompatible
public class ServiceTest extends TestCase {

  /** Assert on the comparison ordering of the State enum since we guarantee it. */
  public void testStateOrdering() {
    // List every valid (direct) state transition.
    assertLessThan(NEW, STARTING);
    assertLessThan(NEW, TERMINATED);