*
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Predicates {

  /**
   * Returns a predicate that always evaluates to {@code true}.
   *
   * <p><b>Discouraged:</b> Prefer using {@code x -> true}, but note that lambdas do not have
   * human-readable {@link #toString()} representations and are not serializable.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Predicate<T> alwaysTrue() {

//// tab | Python 3.8+

```Python
commons: Annotated[CommonQueryParams, Depends(CommonQueryParams)]
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python
commons: CommonQueryParams = Depends(CommonQueryParams)
```

////

The last `CommonQueryParams`, in:

```Python

   * {@code equals}, {@code hashCode} or {@code toString} behavior of the returned function. A
   * future migration to {@code java.util.function} will not preserve this behavior.
   *
   * <p>As discussed above, prefer to use the method reference {@code Object::toString} instead,
   * though note that it is not serializable unless you explicitly make it {@link Serializable},

```

////

//// tab | Python 3.10+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python
{!> ../../docs_src/app_testing/app_b_py310/main.py!}
```

////

//// tab | Python 3.8+ non-Annotated

/// tip

Prefer to use the `Annotated` version if possible.

///

```Python

 * create the {@code TopKSelector} instance.
 *
 * <p>If your input data is available as a {@link Stream}, prefer passing {@link
 * Comparators#least(int)} to {@link Stream#collect(java.util.stream.Collector)}. If it is available
 * as an {@link Iterable} or {@link Iterator}, prefer {@link Ordering#leastOf(Iterable, int)}.
 *
 * <p>This uses the same efficient implementation as {@link Ordering#leastOf(Iterable, int)},

        when(mockChannelManager.getHealthyChannels()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(channel1, channel2));

        ChannelInfo selected = loadBalancer.selectChannel(largeRead);
        // Should prefer higher bandwidth channel for large transfers
        assertEquals(channel2, selected);
    }

    @Test
    void testAdaptiveStrategyMetadataOperation() throws Exception {

        // Adaptive strategy based on message type and size

        if (isLargeTransfer(message)) {
            // For large transfers, prefer high-bandwidth channels
            ChannelInfo maxBandwidthChannel = null;
            int maxBandwidth = 0;
            for (ChannelInfo channel : channels) {

        // Score interface for selection (higher is better)
        int score = linkSpeed;  // Base score is link speed
        
        if (rssCapable) score += 1000;   // Prefer RSS-capable
        if (rdmaCapable) score += 2000;  // Prefer RDMA-capable
        if (!ipv6) score += 100;         // Slight preference for IPv4
        
        return score;
    }
    
    private boolean checkRSSCapability() {

   * @param unit the unit that {@code duration} is expressed in
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code duration} is not positive
   * @since 2.0
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // Prefer the Duration overload
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Supplier<T> memoizeWithExpiration(
      Supplier<T> delegate, long duration, TimeUnit unit) {
    checkNotNull(delegate);

    //
    // p1 ---> p0 --> super model
    //
    // p1 has a depMgmt section that specifies versions 1.0 of jars "a" & "b"
    // jar "a" has a transitive dependency on 2.0 of jar "b", but maven should
    // prefer to use version 1.0.
    //
    // ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    @Test
    void testDependencyManagementOverridesTransitiveDependencyVersion() throws Exception {