* (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code lower} is greater than {@code upper}
   * @since 23.0
   */
  public static ContiguousSet<Integer> closed(int lower, int upper) {
    return create(Range.closed(lower, upper), DiscreteDomain.integers());
  }

  /**

   * (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code lower} is greater than {@code upper}
   * @since 23.0
   */
  public static ContiguousSet<Integer> closed(int lower, int upper) {
    return create(Range.closed(lower, upper), DiscreteDomain.integers());
  }

  /**

        // Encode "TEST" (0x54 0x45 0x53 0x54)
        // T=0x54: upper nibble 0x5->F(0x46), lower nibble 0x4->E(0x45)
        src[1] = 'F';
        src[2] = 'E'; // T
        // E=0x45: upper nibble 0x4->E(0x45), lower nibble 0x5->F(0x46)
        src[3] = 'E';
        src[4] = 'F'; // E
        // S=0x53: upper nibble 0x5->F(0x46), lower nibble 0x3->D(0x44)
        src[5] = 'F';
        src[6] = 'D'; // S

   * or equal to {@code upper}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code lower} is greater than {@code upper}
   * @throws ClassCastException if {@code lower} and {@code upper} are not mutually comparable
   * @since 14.0
   */
  public static <C extends Comparable<?>> Range<C> closed(C lower, C upper) {
    return create(Cut.belowValue(lower), Cut.aboveValue(upper));
  }

  /**

    /**
     * Default load factor.
     */
    protected static final float DEFAULT_LOAD_FACTOR = 0.75f;

    /**
     * Upper limit on the number of entries.
     */
    protected final int limitSize;

    /**
     * Creates an {@link LruHashMap}.
     *
     * @param limitSize the upper limit on the number of entries
     */
    public LruHashMap(final int limitSize) {

      byte[] newDecodabet = Arrays.copyOf(decodabet, decodabet.length);
      for (int upper = 'A'; upper <= 'Z'; upper++) {
        int lower = upper | 0x20;
        byte decodeUpper = decodabet[upper];
        byte decodeLower = decodabet[lower];
        if (decodeUpper == -1) {
          newDecodabet[upper] = decodeLower;
        } else {
          checkState(
              decodeLower == -1,

     * @return parsed StorageType
     */
    private static StorageType parseStorageType(final String typeStr) {
        final String upper = typeStr.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
        try {
            return StorageType.valueOf(upper);
        } catch (final IllegalArgumentException e) {
            logger.warn("Unknown storage type: {}, defaulting to S3_COMPAT", typeStr);

   * {@code upper}. Assumes that {@code lower <= upper}. Correctly handles infinities (but not
   * {@code NaN}).
   */
  private static double interpolate(double lower, double upper, double remainder, double scale) {
    if (lower == NEGATIVE_INFINITY) {
      if (upper == POSITIVE_INFINITY) {
        // Return NaN when lower == NEGATIVE_INFINITY and upper == POSITIVE_INFINITY:
        return NaN;
      }

     * <li>If <code>type</code> is a wildcard type, its (first) upper bound is returned.</li>
     * <li>If <code>type</code> is a type variable and is a key in the given map, its actual type argument is returned.</li>
     * <li>If <code>type</code> is a type variable and is not a key in the given map, its (first) upper bound is returned.</li>

 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @param <K0> An upper bound on the key type of the generated multimap.
 * @param <V0> An upper bound on the value type of the generated multimap.
 * @since 16.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public abstract class MultimapBuilder<K0 extends @Nullable Object, V0 extends @Nullable Object> {
  /*
   * Leaving K and V as upper bounds rather than the actual key and value types allows type