* 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

    }

    // Wildcard pattern

    // WILDCARD PATTERN RULES:
    // 1. Asterisk (*) is only permitted in the left-most domain name label and must be the
    //    only character in that label (i.e., must match the whole left-most label).
    //    For example, *.example.com is permitted, while *a.example.com, a*.example.com,
    //    a*b.example.com, a.*.example.com are not permitted.
    // 2. Asterisk (*) cannot match across domain name labels.

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Optional features of classes derived from {@code Set}.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // maybe avoidable if we rework the whole package?
@GwtCompatible
public enum SetFeature implements Feature<Set> {
  GENERAL_PURPOSE(CollectionFeature.GENERAL_PURPOSE);

  private final Set<Feature<? super Set>> implied;

And your application code does something like:

```Python
if "stanleyjobsox" == "stanleyjobson" and "love123" == "swordfish":
    ...
```

Python will have to compare the whole `stanleyjobso` in both `stanleyjobsox` and `stanleyjobson` before realizing that both strings are not the same. So it will take some extra microseconds to reply back "Incorrect username or password".

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Optional features of classes derived from {@code List}.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // maybe avoidable if we rework the whole package?
@GwtCompatible
public enum ListFeature implements Feature<List> {
  SUPPORTS_SET,
  SUPPORTS_ADD_WITH_INDEX(CollectionFeature.SUPPORTS_ADD),
  SUPPORTS_REMOVE_WITH_INDEX(CollectionFeature.SUPPORTS_REMOVE),

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Optional features of classes derived from {@code Multimap}.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // maybe avoidable if we rework the whole package?
@GwtCompatible
public enum MultimapFeature implements Feature<Multimap> {
  VALUE_COLLECTIONS_SUPPORT_ITERATOR_REMOVE;

  private final Set<Feature<? super Multimap>> implied;

   * 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

Because this code is executed before the application **starts** taking requests, and right after it **finishes** handling requests, it covers the whole application **lifespan** (the word "lifespan" will be important in a second 😉).

            }
        }

        if ((!part1.contains(".")) && !part1.startsWith("0")) {
            majorVersion = tryParseInt(part1);
            if (majorVersion == null) {
                // qualifier is the whole version, including "-"
                qualifier = version;
                buildNumber = null;
            }
        } else {
            boolean fallback = false;

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Traditional retrieval of objects is always as whole entities, i.e GetObject for a 5 GiB object, will always return 5 GiB of data. S3 Select API allows us to retrieve a subset of data by using simple SQL expressions. By using Select API to retrieve only the data needed by the application, drastic performance improvements can be achieved.