// with the sort used by AbstractAcceptedApiChangesMaintenanceTask.
                    result.acceptedApiChanges.sort((a, b) => {
                        if ((a.type +'#' + a.member) > (b.type + '#' + b.member)) {
                            return 1;
                        } else {
                            return -1;
                        }
                    });

    }

    private boolean isClassFieldConstructorOrMethod(JApiCompatibility member) {
        return member instanceof JApiClass || member instanceof JApiField || member instanceof JApiConstructor || member instanceof JApiMethod;
    }

    private boolean isInject(JApiCompatibility member) {
        return member instanceof JApiHasAnnotations && isInject((JApiHasAnnotations) member);
    }

    }

    Violation maybeViolation(final JApiCompatibility member) {
        if (!(member instanceof JApiClass)) {
            return null
        }

        if (!changed(member)) {
            return null
        }

        Optional<CtClass> oldClass = member.oldClass
        Optional<CtClass> newClass = member.newClass
        if (!oldClass.isPresent() || !newClass.isPresent()) {

    public Violation maybeViolation(final JApiCompatibility member) {
        if (!member.isBinaryCompatible()) {

            removeAnnotationChanges(member);

            if ((member instanceof JApiClass) && member.getCompatibilityChanges().isEmpty()) {
                // A member of the class breaks binary compatibility.
                // That will be handled when the member is passed to `maybeViolation`.
                return null;

        if (member instanceof JApiClass) {
            return isIncubatingClass((JApiClass) member)
        }
        if (member instanceof JApiMethod) {
            return isIncubatingOrOverrideMethod((JApiMethod) member)
        }
        if (member instanceof JApiField) {
            return isIncubatingField((JApiField) member)
        }
        if (member instanceof JApiConstructor) {

            }

        } else if (member instanceof JApiConstructor) {

            JApiConstructor ctor = (JApiConstructor) member
            inspectParametersNullabilityOf(ctor.oldConstructor.get(), ctor.newConstructor.get())

        } else if (member instanceof JApiMethod) {

            JApiMethod method = (JApiMethod) member
            CtMethod oldMethod = method.oldMethod.get()

            }
        }

    fun getSince(member: JApiCompatibility): SinceTagStatus =
        apiSourceFileFor(member).let { apiSourceFile ->
            when (apiSourceFile) {
                is ApiSourceFile.Java -> sources.executeQuery(apiSourceFile, JavaSourceQueries.getSince(member))
                is ApiSourceFile.Kotlin -> sources.executeQuery(apiSourceFile, KotlinSourceQueries.getSince(member))
            }
        }

    private

        interfaces = ['internal': internalInterface,
                      'incubating': incubatingInterface]
    }

    def "#member change should not be reported"() {
        expect:
        noViolation(rule)

        where:
        member << [Mock(JApiMethod), Mock(JApiField), Mock(JApiImplementedInterface), Mock(JApiConstructor)]
    }

    def "nothing should be reported if no changes"() {

    MethodsRemovedInInternalSuperClassRule(Map<String, Object> params) {
        super(params)
    }

    protected boolean changed(JApiCompatibility member) {
        return member.compatibilityChanges.any { it.type == METHOD_REMOVED_IN_SUPERCLASS }
    }

    protected Violation checkSuperClassChanges(JApiClass c, CtClass oldClass, CtClass newClass) {

    get() = when (this) {
        is JApiClass -> this
        is JApiField -> this.getjApiClass()
        is JApiBehavior -> this.getjApiClass()
        else -> error("Unsupported japicmp member type '${this::class}'")
    }


internal
val JApiClass.isKotlin: Boolean
    get() = newClass.orElse(null)?.isKotlin ?: false


internal
val JApiClass.simpleName: String