*
 * @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() {

 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

/**
 * {@linkplain EventBus Discouraged} in favor of dependency injection and concurrency frameworks,
 * EventBus allows publish-subscribe-style communication.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a

 * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 * the License.
 */

/**
 * {@linkplain CacheBuilder Discouraged} (in favor of <a
 * href="https://github.com/ben-manes/caffeine/wiki">Caffeine</a>) caching utilities.
 *
 * <p>The core interface used to represent caches is {@link Cache}. In-memory caches can be

  /**
   * Sets the priority for new threads created with this ThreadFactory.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> relying on the thread scheduler is <a
   * href="http://errorprone.info/bugpattern/ThreadPriorityCheck">discouraged</a>.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 21+ users:</b> use {@link Thread.Builder.OfPlatform#priority(int)} instead.
   *
   * @param priority the priority for new Threads created with this ThreadFactory

 * java.util.function.Supplier}, making conversion code necessary only in one direction. At that
 * time, this interface will be officially discouraged.
 *
 * @author Harry Heymann
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public interface Supplier<T extends @Nullable Object> {
  /**

   * #expectContents(Object[]) expectContents(E...)} and other convenience methods. The creation of
   * multiple containers in a single method is discouraged in most cases, but it is vital to the
   * iterator tests.
   *
   * @return the new container instance
   * @param newValue the new container instance
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue

   * of this comparison chain has not already been determined.
   */
  public abstract ComparisonChain compare(double left, double right);

  /**
   * Discouraged synonym for {@link #compareFalseFirst}.
   *
   * @deprecated Use {@link #compareFalseFirst}; or, if the parameters passed are being either

   *       interrupt).
   *   <li>Any {@link CancellationException} is propagated untouched, as is any other {@link
   *       RuntimeException} (though {@code get} implementations are discouraged from throwing such
   *       exceptions).
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>The overall principle is to continue to treat every checked exception as a checked

   * may be expensive depending on the value type. Using this method on range maps with large values
   * such as {@link Collection} types is discouraged.
   *
   * @since 22.0
   */
  void putCoalescing(Range<K> range, V value);

  /** Puts all the associations from {@code rangeMap} into this range map (optional operation). */

   * #expectContents(Object[]) expectContents(E...)} and other convenience methods. The creation of
   * multiple containers in a single method is discouraged in most cases, but it is vital to the
   * iterator tests.
   *
   * @return the new container instance
   * @param newValue the new container instance
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue