* endpoint) or <i>closed</i> (includes the endpoint) on that side. With three possibilities on each
 * side, this yields nine basic types of ranges, enumerated below. (Notation: a square bracket
 * ({@code [ ]}) indicates that the range is closed on that side; a parenthesis ({@code ( )}) means
 * it is either open or unbounded. The construct {@code {x | statement}} is read "the set of all

   * to produce warnings in that case, and we may change this method to do so in the future. Support
   * for raw {@code Comparable} types in Guava in general is tracked as <a
   * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989">#989</a>.)
   *
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not mutually comparable
   */

To add a dependency using Gradle:

```gradle
dependencies {
  test 'com.google.guava:guava-testlib:33.1.0-jre'
}
```

## Links

-   [GitHub project](https://github.com/google/guava)
-   [Issue tracker: Report a defect or feature request](https://github.com/google/guava/issues/new)
-   [StackOverflow: Ask "how-to" and "why-didn't-it-work" questions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=guava+java)

   */
  private static String[] getHostAndPortFromBracketedHost(String hostPortString) {
    checkArgument(
        hostPortString.charAt(0) == '[',
        "Bracketed host-port string must start with a bracket: %s",
        hostPortString);
    int colonIndex = hostPortString.indexOf(':');
    int closeBracketIndex = hostPortString.lastIndexOf(']');
    checkArgument(
        colonIndex > -1 && closeBracketIndex > colonIndex,

   * to produce warnings in that case, and we may change this method to do so in the future. Support
   * for raw {@code Comparable} types in Guava in general is tracked as <a
   * href="https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989">#989</a>.)
   *
   * @throws ClassCastException if the parameters are not mutually comparable
   */

-   Our users' guide, [Guava Explained]
-   [A nice collection](https://www.tfnico.com/presentations/google-guava) of
    other helpful links

## Links

-   [GitHub project](https://github.com/google/guava)
-   [Issue tracker: Report a defect or feature request](https://github.com/google/guava/issues/new)
-   [StackOverflow: Ask "how-to" and "why-didn't-it-work" questions](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=guava+java)