* use a framework. Frameworks automate the process, often adding features like monitoring,
 * debugging, and cancellation. Examples of frameworks include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a href="https://dagger.dev/producers.html">Dagger Producers</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <h4>{@link java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture} / {@link java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage}
 * </h4>
 *

 * automate the process, often adding features like monitoring, debugging, and cancellation.
 * Examples of frameworks include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a href="https://dagger.dev/producers.html">Dagger Producers</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>The main purpose of {@link #addListener addListener} is to support this chaining. You will
 * rarely use it directly, in part because it does not provide direct access to the {@code Future}

 * automate the process, often adding features like monitoring, debugging, and cancellation.
 * Examples of frameworks include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a href="https://dagger.dev/producers.html">Dagger Producers</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>The main purpose of {@link #addListener addListener} is to support this chaining. You will
 * rarely use it directly, in part because it does not provide direct access to the {@code Future}

 *   <li>It doesn't offer a way to wait for multiple events before taking action. For example, it
 *       doesn't offer a way to wait for multiple producers to all report that they're "ready," nor
 *       does it offer a way to batch multiple events from a single producer together.
 *   <li>It doesn't support backpressure and other features needed for resilience.
 *   <li>It doesn't provide much control of threading.

 * inserted by producers and extracted by consumers. Once created, the capacity cannot be increased.
 * Attempts to {@code put} an element into a full queue will result in the operation blocking;
 * attempts to {@code take} an element from an empty queue will similarly block.
 *
 * <p>This class supports an optional fairness policy for ordering waiting producer and consumer

 * inserted by producers and extracted by consumers. Once created, the capacity cannot be increased.
 * Attempts to {@code put} an element into a full queue will result in the operation blocking;
 * attempts to {@code take} an element from an empty queue will similarly block.
 *
 * <p>This class supports an optional fairness policy for ordering waiting producer and consumer

 * monitoring, debugging, and cancellation. Examples of frameworks include:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li><a href="https://dagger.dev/producers.html">Dagger Producers</a>
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>If you do chain your operations manually, you may want to use {@link FluentFuture}.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Nishant Thakkar
 * @author Sven Mawson

    }
    return false;
  }

  // Prevent "missing hashCode" warning by explicitly forcing subclasses implement it
  @Override
  public abstract int hashCode();

  /*
   * The implementation neither produces nor consumes any non-null instance of type C, so
   * casting the type parameter is safe.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  static <C extends Comparable> Cut<C> belowAll() {
    return (Cut<C>) BelowAll.INSTANCE;

   *
   * @param minimumBits a positive integer. This can be arbitrarily large. The returned {@link
   *     HashFunction} instance may use memory proportional to this integer.
   * @return a hash function, described above, that produces hash codes of length {@code
   *     minimumBits} or greater
   */
  public static HashFunction goodFastHash(int minimumBits) {
    int bits = checkPositiveAndMakeMultipleOf32(minimumBits);

    if (bits == 32) {

 *   <li>equalsImpl: which implementation of array equality to use
 * </ul>
 *
 * <p><b>Important note:</b> the primary goal of this benchmark is to ensure that varying {@code
 * whereToDiffer} produces no observable change in performance. We want to make sure that the array
 * equals implementation is *not* short-circuiting to prevent timing-based attacks. Being fast is
 * only a secondary goal.
 *