* path if the project directory is given as an absolute path.
     *
     * @param projectDirectory The (possibly non-existent) base directory to locate the POM file in, must not be {@code
     *            null}.
     * @return The path to the (possibly non-existent) POM file, never {@code null}.
     * @deprecated Use {@link #locatePom(Path)} instead.
     */
    @Deprecated

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * {@link Error} variant of {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException}. As with {@code
 * ExecutionException}, the error's {@linkplain #getCause() cause} comes from a failed task,
 * possibly run in another thread. That cause should itself be an {@code Error}; if not, use {@code
 * ExecutionException} or {@link UncheckedExecutionException}. This allows the client code to

   * of the class's supertypes.
   *
   * <p>{@code putInstance(Foo.class, foo)} is equivalent to {@code
   * putInstance(TypeToken.of(Foo.class), foo)}.
   *
   * @return the value previously associated with this class (possibly {@code null}), or {@code
   *     null} if there was no previous entry.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @CheckForNull
  <T extends B> T putInstance(Class<@NonNull T> type, @ParametricNullness T value);

  /**

   * of the class's supertypes.
   *
   * <p>{@code putInstance(Foo.class, foo)} is equivalent to {@code
   * putInstance(TypeToken.of(Foo.class), foo)}.
   *
   * @return the value previously associated with this class (possibly {@code null}), or {@code
   *     null} if there was no previous entry.
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @CheckForNull
  <T extends B> T putInstance(Class<@NonNull T> type, @ParametricNullness T value);

  /**

  @get:JvmName("cipherSuite") val cipherSuite: CipherSuite,
  /** Returns a possibly-empty list of certificates that identify this peer. */
  @get:JvmName("localCertificates") val localCertificates: List<Certificate>,
  // Delayed provider of peerCertificates, to allow lazy cleaning.
  peerCertificatesFn: () -> List<Certificate>,
) {
  /** Returns a possibly-empty list of certificates that identify the remote peer. */

   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} if it is not null; {@code ""} otherwise
   */
  static String nullToEmpty(@CheckForNull String string) {
    return (string == null) ? "" : string;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the string if it is not empty, or a null string otherwise.
   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return

import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * {@link Error} variant of {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException}. As with {@code
 * ExecutionException}, the error's {@linkplain #getCause() cause} comes from a failed task,
 * possibly run in another thread. That cause should itself be an {@code Error}; if not, use {@code
 * ExecutionException} or {@link UncheckedExecutionException}. This allows the client code to

## Dependencies for groups of *path operations*

    return Character.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if {@code target} is present as an element anywhere in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array an array of {@code char} values, possibly empty
   * @param target a primitive {@code char} value
   * @return {@code true} if {@code array[i] == target} for some value of {@code i}
   */
  public static boolean contains(char[] array, char target) {

    return Short.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if {@code target} is present as an element anywhere in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array an array of {@code short} values, possibly empty
   * @param target a primitive {@code short} value
   * @return {@code true} if {@code array[i] == target} for some value of {@code i}
   */
  public static boolean contains(short[] array, short target) {