*
     * @return {@link System#getProperties()} obtained in a thread-safe manner.
     */
    public static Properties getSystemProperties() {
        return copyProperties(System.getProperties());
    }

    /**
     * Copies the given {@link Properties} object into a new {@link Properties} object, in a thread-safe manner.
     * @param properties Properties to copy.

 *
 * <p>Since the value collections are sets, the behavior of a {@code SetMultimap} is not specified
 * if key or value objects already present in the multimap change in a manner that affects
 * {@code equals} comparisons. Use caution if mutable objects are used as keys or values in a {@code
 * SetMultimap}.
 *

     */
    public static final ArtifactStatus CONVERTED = new ArtifactStatus("converted", 2);

    /**
     * Moderate trust - it was deployed directly from a partner.
     */
    public static final ArtifactStatus PARTNER = new ArtifactStatus("partner", 3);

    /**
     * Moderate trust - it was deployed directly by a user.
     */
    public static final ArtifactStatus DEPLOYED = new ArtifactStatus("deployed", 4);

  /** The instance that actually does the work; delegates to Unsafe or a pure-Java fallback. */
  private static final LittleEndianBytes byteArray;

  /**
   * Load 8 bytes into long in a little endian manner, from the substring between position and
   * position + 8. The array must have at least 8 bytes from offset (inclusive).
   *
   * @param input the input bytes
   * @param offset the offset into the array at which to start