*
 * <p>In the case of directory classloaders, symlinks are supported but cycles are not traversed.
 * This guarantees discovery of each unique loadable resource. However, not all possible
 * aliases for resources on cyclic paths will be listed.
 *
 * @author Ben Yu
 * @since 14.0
 */
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class ClassPath {

       * affect the original array), and future build() calls will always copy any entry
       * objects that cannot be safely reused.
       */
      // localAlternatingKeysAndValues is an alias for the alternatingKeysAndValues field, except if
      // we end up removing duplicates in a copy of the array.
      @Nullable Object[] localAlternatingKeysAndValues;
      int localSize = size;

   * that they were not initialized yet.
   */
  private static final int SUFFIX_NOT_INITIALIZED = -2;

  /**
   * Maximum parts (labels) in a domain name. This value arises from the 255-octet limit described
   * in <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2181.txt">RFC 2181</a> part 11 with the fact that the
   * encoding of each part occupies at least two bytes (dot plus label externally, length byte plus

          Entry<K, V> onlyEntry = requireNonNull(entries[0]);
          return of(onlyEntry.getKey(), onlyEntry.getValue());
        default:
          break;
      }
      // localEntries is an alias for the entries field, except if we end up removing duplicates in
      // a copy of the entries array. Likewise, localSize is the same as size except in that case.