*
   * <p>The recommended solution for finding the {@code minimum} of some values depends on the type
   * of your data and the number of elements you have. Read more in the Guava User Guide article on
   * <a href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CollectionUtilitiesExplained#comparators">{@code
   * Comparators}</a>.
   *
   * @param a first value to compare, returned if less than or equal to b.
   * @param b second value to compare.

  @SuppressWarnings("GoodTime") // reading system time without TimeSource
  static final int GOOD_FAST_HASH_SEED = (int) System.currentTimeMillis();

  /**
   * Returns a hash function implementing the <a
   * href="https://github.com/aappleby/smhasher/blob/master/src/MurmurHash3.cpp">32-bit murmur3
   * 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>See the Guava User Guide section on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/RangesExplained#discrete-domains">{@code
 * DiscreteDomain}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 10.0
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * the presence of expensive {@code compareTo} and {@code compare} implementations.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/CommonObjectUtilitiesExplained#comparecompareto">{@code
 * ComparisonChain}</a>.
 *
 * <h4 id="java8">Java 8+ equivalents</h4>
 *

import java.util.List;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to instances of {@link Throwable}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide entry on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ThrowablesExplained">Throwables</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Ben Yu
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * consecutively when iterating. Elements iterate in order by the <i>first</i> appearance of that
 * element when the multiset was created.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ImmutableCollectionsExplained">immutable collections</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)

import java.util.List;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to instances of {@link Throwable}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide entry on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/ThrowablesExplained">Throwables</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Ben Yu
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * java.util.Collection} contract, which is specified in terms of {@link Object#equals}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multiset">{@code Multiset}</a>.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * always be represented by a pair of {@code Cut} instances.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 */
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
abstract class Cut<C extends Comparable> implements Comparable<Cut<C>>, Serializable {
  final C endpoint;

  Cut(C endpoint) {

      <distribution>repo</distribution>
    </license>
  </licenses>
  <scm>
    <connection>scm:git:https://github.com/google/guava.git</connection>
    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:google/guava.git</developerConnection>
    <url>https://github.com/google/guava</url>
  </scm>
  <developers>
    <developer>
      <id>kevinb9n</id>
      <name>Kevin Bourrillion</name>