delim = DELIMITER_STRING;
      }
      dummy ^= sb.toString().length();
    }
    return dummy;
  }

  /**
   * Always append the delimiter after the component, and in the very end shortens the buffer to get
   * rid of the extra trailing delimiter.
   */
  @Benchmark
  int alwaysAppendThenBackUp(int reps) {
    int dummy = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {

  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */
  protected V get(K key) {
    return getMap().get(key);
  }

  protected final K k0() {

        delim = DELIMITER_STRING;
      }
      dummy ^= sb.toString().length();
    }
    return dummy;
  }

  /**
   * Always append the delimiter after the component, and in the very end shortens the buffer to get
   * rid of the extra trailing delimiter.
   */
  @Benchmark
  int alwaysAppendThenBackUp(int reps) {
    int dummy = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < reps; i++) {

  }

  /**
   * Wrapper for {@link Map#get(Object)} that forces the caller to pass in a key of the same type as
   * the map. Besides being slightly shorter than code that uses {@link #getMap()}, it also ensures
   * that callers don't pass an {@link Entry} by mistake.
   */
  protected V get(K key) {
    return getMap().get(key);
  }

  protected final K k0() {

   * compares, using {@link #compare(byte, byte)}), the first pair of values that follow any common
   * prefix, or when one array is a prefix of the other, treats the shorter array as the lesser. For
   * example, {@code [] < [0x01] < [0x01, 0x80] < [0x01, 0x7F] < [0x02]}. Values are treated as
   * signed.
   *