* Returns x scaled by a power of 2 such that it is in the range [1, 2). Assumes x is positive,
   * normal, and finite.
   */
  static double scaleNormalize(double x) {
    long significand = doubleToRawLongBits(x) & SIGNIFICAND_MASK;
    return longBitsToDouble(significand | ONE_BITS);
  }

  static double bigToDouble(BigInteger x) {
    // This is an extremely fast implementation of BigInteger.doubleValue(). JDK patch pending.

   * Returns x scaled by a power of 2 such that it is in the range [1, 2). Assumes x is positive,
   * normal, and finite.
   */
  static double scaleNormalize(double x) {
    long significand = doubleToRawLongBits(x) & SIGNIFICAND_MASK;
    return longBitsToDouble(significand | ONE_BITS);
  }

  static double bigToDouble(BigInteger x) {
    // This is an extremely fast implementation of BigInteger.doubleValue(). JDK patch pending.

    // The values here look like 111...11101...010 in binary, where the initial 111...1110 takes
    // up exactly as many bits as can be represented in the significand (24 for float, 53 for
    // double). That final 0 should be rounded up to 1 because the remaining bits make that number
    // slightly nearer.
    long floatConversionTest = 0xfffffe8000000002L;

    // The values here look like 111...11101...010 in binary, where the initial 111...1110 takes
    // up exactly as many bits as can be represented in the significand (24 for float, 53 for
    // double). That final 0 should be rounded up to 1 because the remaining bits make that number
    // slightly nearer.
    long floatConversionTest = 0xfffffe8000000002L;

        byte[] bufferData = buf.getBuffer();
        assertEquals((byte) 0xCD, bufferData[startIndex + alignmentBytes], "Least significant byte should be first");
        assertEquals((byte) 0x00, bufferData[startIndex + alignmentBytes + 1], "Most significant byte should be second");
    }

    /**
     * When given a buffer with sufficient length, decode performs
     * the inverse of encode.
     */

   *
   * <p>For the case of {@link RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN}, this implementation uses the IEEE 754
   * default rounding mode: if the two nearest representable values are equally near, the one with
   * the least significant bit zero is chosen. (In such cases, both of the nearest representable
   * values are even integers; this method returns the one that is a multiple of a greater power of
   * two.)
   *

    /**
     * Configures the {@link ToStringHelper} so {@link #toString()} will ignore properties with null
     * value. The order of calling this method, relative to the {@code add()}/{@code addValue()}
     * methods, is not significant.
     *
     * @since 18.0 (since 12.0 as {@code Objects.ToStringHelper.omitNullValues()}).
     */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    public ToStringHelper omitNullValues() {
      omitNullValues = true;

   *
   * <p>For the case of {@link RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN}, this implementation uses the IEEE 754
   * default rounding mode: if the two nearest representable values are equally near, the one with
   * the least significant bit zero is chosen. (In such cases, both of the nearest representable
   * values are even integers; this method returns the one that is a multiple of a greater power of
   * two.)
   *

    /**
     * Configures the {@link ToStringHelper} so {@link #toString()} will ignore properties with null
     * value. The order of calling this method, relative to the {@code add()}/{@code addValue()}
     * methods, is not significant.
     *
     * @since 18.0 (since 12.0 as {@code Objects.ToStringHelper.omitNullValues()}).
     */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    public ToStringHelper omitNullValues() {
      omitNullValues = true;

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