* {@code K}. If a key has not yet been associated with a value, its implicit value is zero.
 *
 * <p>Most methods in this class treat absent values and zero values identically, as individually
 * documented. Exceptions to this are {@link #containsKey}, {@link #size}, {@link #isEmpty}, {@link
 * #asMap}, and {@link #toString}.
 *

            AND LOWER THAN CURRENT BASE VERSION (from `version.txt` on this branch).
            The difference must identically match <a href="${mainApiChangesJsonFile.asFile.path}">accepted-public-api-changes.json</a> like .json file in <a href="${apiChangesJsonDirectory.asFile.path}">accepted-changes</a> directory, no more, no less - otherwise the task will fail.

  }

  private static <E> List<E> list(E... elements) {
    return ImmutableList.copyOf(elements);
  }

  /**
   * Utility method to verify that the given LinkedHashSet is equal to and hashes identically to a
   * set constructed with the elements in the given collection. Also verifies that the ordering in
   * the set is the same as the ordering of the given contents.
   */

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code byte} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of {@code ((Byte) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method behaves identically to {@link Byte#compare}.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is

 * {@code K}. If a key has not yet been associated with a value, its implicit value is zero.
 *
 * <p>Most methods in this class treat absent values and zero values identically, as individually
 * documented. Exceptions to this are {@link #containsKey}, {@link #size}, {@link #isEmpty}, {@link
 * #asMap}, and {@link #toString}.
 *

  // * ImplementationSpecific: Interpretation of the Path matching is up to
  //   the IngressClass. Implementations can treat this as a separate PathType
  //   or treat it identically to Prefix or Exact path types.
  // Implementations are required to support all path types.
  // Defaults to ImplementationSpecific.
  optional string pathType = 3;

   * in preference if at least one of the parameters is known to contain only ASCII characters.
   *
   * <p>Note however that this method does not always behave identically to expressions such as:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code string.toUpperCase().equals("UPPER CASE ASCII")}
   *   <li>{@code string.toLowerCase().equals("lower case ascii")}
   * </ul>
   *

   * #murmur3_128}.
   *
   * <p>Repeated calls to this method on the same loaded {@code Hashing} class, using the same value
   * for {@code minimumBits}, will return identically-behaving {@link HashFunction} instances.
   *
   * @param minimumBits a positive integer. This can be arbitrarily large. The returned {@link
   *     HashFunction} instance may use memory proportional to this integer.

   * in preference if at least one of the parameters is known to contain only ASCII characters.
   *
   * <p>Note however that this method does not always behave identically to expressions such as:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code string.toUpperCase().equals("UPPER CASE ASCII")}
   *   <li>{@code string.toLowerCase().equals("lower case ascii")}
   * </ul>
   *

   * BloomFilter}.
   *
   * <p>The {@code Funnel} to be used is not encoded in the stream, so it must be provided here.
   * <b>Warning:</b> the funnel provided <b>must</b> behave identically to the one used to populate
   * the original Bloom filter!
   *
   * @throws IOException if the InputStream throws an {@code IOException}, or if its data does not