}

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      loader.reset();
      assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(VALUE_PREFIX + i), cache.getUnchecked(KEY_PREFIX + i));
      assertFalse("Creator should not have been called @#" + i, loader.wasCalled());
    }

    CacheTesting.expireEntries((LoadingCache<?, ?>) cache, EXPIRING_TIME, ticker);

    assertEquals("Map must be empty by now", 0, cache.size());

    }

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
      loader.reset();
      assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(VALUE_PREFIX + i), cache.getUnchecked(KEY_PREFIX + i));
      assertFalse("Creator should not have been called @#" + i, loader.wasCalled());
    }

    CacheTesting.expireEntries((LoadingCache<?, ?>) cache, EXPIRING_TIME, ticker);

    assertEquals("Map must be empty by now", 0, cache.size());

   * key of {@link #belowSamplesLesser()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> belowSamplesGreater();

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key greater than the keys of the {@link #samples()} but less than the
   * key of {@link #aboveSamplesGreater()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> aboveSamplesLesser();

  /**

  }

  @Override
  public int compare(@CheckForNull T left, @CheckForNull T right) {
    if (left == right) {
      return 0;
    }
    if (left == null) {
      return LEFT_IS_GREATER;
    }
    if (right == null) {
      return RIGHT_IS_GREATER;
    }
    return ordering.compare(left, right);
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // should be safe, but not sure if we can avoid the warning

    return new Range<>(lowerBound, upperBound);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a range that contains all values strictly greater than {@code lower} and strictly less
   * than {@code upper}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code lower} is greater than <i>or equal to</i> {@code
   *     upper}
   * @throws ClassCastException if {@code lower} and {@code upper} are not mutually comparable

      assertTrue(t.equals(t));

      for (int j = i + 1; j < valuesInExpectedOrder.size(); j++) {
        T greater = valuesInExpectedOrder.get(j);
        assertTrue(greater + ".compareTo(" + t + ')', greater.compareTo(t) > 0);
        assertFalse(greater.equals(t));
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Returns a collection that simulates concurrent modification by having its size method return

   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code byte} type
   * @return the {@code byte} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Byte#MAX_VALUE} or
   *     less than {@link Byte#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static byte checkedCast(long value) {
    byte result = (byte) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);

   */
  public double populationCovariance() {
    checkState(count() != 0);
    return sumOfProductsOfDeltas / count();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the sample covariance of the values. The count must be greater than one.
   *
   * <p>This is not guaranteed to return zero when the dataset consists of the same pair of values
   * multiple times, due to numerical errors.
   *
   * <h3>Non-finite values</h3>
   *

   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code short} type
   * @return the {@code short} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Short#MAX_VALUE} or
   *     less than {@link Short#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static short checkedCast(long value) {
    short result = (short) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);

   *     <ul>
   *       <li>{@code x} is infinite or NaN
   *       <li>{@code x}, after being rounded to a mathematical integer using the specified rounding
   *           mode, is either less than {@code Integer.MIN_VALUE} or greater than {@code
   *           Integer.MAX_VALUE}
   *       <li>{@code x} is not a mathematical integer and {@code mode} is {@link
   *           RoundingMode#UNNECESSARY}
   *     </ul>
   */