return Platform.newArray(reference, length);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new array that contains the concatenated contents of two arrays.
   *
   * @param first the first array of elements to concatenate
   * @param second the second array of elements to concatenate
   * @param type the component type of the returned array
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Array.newInstance(Class, int)

    return Platform.newArray(reference, length);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new array that contains the concatenated contents of two arrays.
   *
   * @param first the first array of elements to concatenate
   * @param second the second array of elements to concatenate
   * @param type the component type of the returned array
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Array.newInstance(Class, int)

                    }
                }
                textBuilder.append(lineSeparator);
            } else {
                // No headers, just concatenate values
                textBuilder.append(String.join(fieldSeparator, row)).append(lineSeparator);
            }
        }

        final ExtractData extractData = new ExtractData(textBuilder.toString().trim());

   * {@code ByteBuffer.allocate(2).putShort(value).array()}. For example, the input value {@code
   * (short) 0x1234} would yield the byte array {@code {0x12, 0x34}}.
   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */

   * {@code ByteBuffer.allocate(2).putShort(value).array()}. For example, the input value {@code
   * (short) 0x1234} would yield the byte array {@code {0x12, 0x34}}.
   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */

    /**
     * This class is used to read properties lines. These lines do
     * not terminate with new-line chars but rather when there is no
     * backslash sign a the end of the line.  This is used to
     * concatenate multiple lines for readability.
     */
    public static class PropertiesReader extends LineNumberReader {
        /** Stores the comment lines for the currently processed property.*/

   * 0x1213141516171819L} would yield the byte array {@code {0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17,
   * 0x18, 0x19}}.
   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */

   * {@code ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(value).array()}. For example, the input value {@code
   * 0x12131415} would yield the byte array {@code {0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15}}.
   *
   * <p>If you need to convert and concatenate several values (possibly even of different types),
   * use a shared {@link java.nio.ByteBuffer} instance, or use {@link
   * com.google.common.io.ByteStreams#newDataOutput()} to get a growable buffer.
   */

        exit 1
      fi
      break
    fi
    if [ "$arg" = "-f" -o "$arg" = "--file" ]; then
      found_file_switch=1
    fi
  done
  echo "$basedir"
)
}

# concatenates all lines of a file and replaces variables
# Uses Java-based parser to handle all special characters correctly
# This avoids shell parsing issues with pipes, quotes, @, and other special characters

        return BeanUtil.copyBeanToNewBean(src, destClass);
    }

    /**
     * Builds a comprehensive error message from a throwable and its causes.
     * This method traverses the cause chain and concatenates all error messages.
     *
     * @param t the throwable to build message from
     * @return a string containing all error messages in the cause chain
     */