*   <li>If {@code equivalent(x, y)} and {@code equivalent(y, z)} are both true, then {@code
   *       equivalent(x, z)} is also true (<i>transitive</i> property)
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>Note that all calls to {@code equivalent(x, y)} are expected to return the same result as
   * long as neither {@code x} nor {@code y} is modified.
   */
  public final boolean equivalent(@CheckForNull T a, @CheckForNull T b) {
    if (a == b) {

  /**
   * Determines if the given iterable contains no elements.
   *
   * <p>There is no precise {@link Iterator} equivalent to this method, since one can only ask an
   * iterator whether it has any elements <i>remaining</i> (which one does using {@link
   * Iterator#hasNext}).
   *
   * <p><b>{@code Stream} equivalent:</b> {@code !stream.findAny().isPresent()}
   *
   * @return {@code true} if the iterable contains no elements

   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable sorted set containing the given elements sorted by their natural ordering.
   * When multiple elements are equivalent according to {@link Comparable#compareTo}, only the first
   * one specified is included.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if any element is null
   */

  /**
   * Returns the empty iterator.
   *
   * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link ImmutableSet#of()}.
   */
  static <T extends @Nullable Object> UnmodifiableIterator<T> emptyIterator() {
    return emptyListIterator();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the empty iterator.
   *
   * <p>The {@link Iterable} equivalent of this method is {@link ImmutableSet#of()}.
   */

   * algorithm, x86 variant</a> (little-endian variant), using the given seed value, <b>with a known
   * bug</b> as described in the deprecation text.
   *
   * <p>The C++ equivalent is the MurmurHash3_x86_32 function (Murmur3A), which however does not
   * have the bug.
   *
   * @deprecated This implementation produces incorrect hash values from the {@link

/**
 * Handles normalization of a model. In this context, normalization is the process of producing a canonical
 * representation for models that physically look different but are semantically equivalent.
 *
 */
public interface ModelNormalizer {

    /**
     * Merges duplicate elements like multiple declarations of the same build plugin in the specified model.
     *

    Entry<K, V>[] entries2 = (Entry<K, V>[]) entries;
    return copyOf(Arrays.asList(entries2));
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the {@link
   * Builder} constructor.
   */
  public static <K, V> Builder<K, V> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**

    for (Cell<? extends R, ? extends C, ? extends V> cell : cells) {
      builder.put(cell);
    }
    return builder.build();
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the {@link
   * Builder#Builder() ImmutableTable.Builder()} constructor.
   */
  public static <R, C, V> Builder<R, C, V> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**

But when checking benchmarks and comparisons you should keep the following in mind.

## Benchmarks and speed

When you check the benchmarks, it is common to see several tools of different types compared as equivalent.

Specifically, to see Uvicorn, Starlette and FastAPI compared together (among many other tools).