*
   * <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.

 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *
 * <p>The {@link Predicates} class provides common predicates and related utilities.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of {@code Predicate}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@FunctionalInterface
@GwtCompatible

   *
   * <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.

 * java.util.function.Predicate java.util.function.Predicate}.
 *
 * <p>The {@link Predicates} class provides common predicates and related utilities.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of {@code Predicate}</a>.
 *
 * <h3>For Java 8+ users</h3>
 *

 * guaranteed to be supported by all Java platform implementations.
 *
 * <p>Assuming you're free to choose, note that <b>{@link #UTF_8} is widely preferred</b>.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/StringsExplained#charsets">{@code Charsets}</a>.
 *
 * @author Mike Bostock
 * @since 1.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(emulated = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault

 * read operations will work correctly. To allow concurrent update operations, wrap your multimap
 * with a call to {@link Multimaps#synchronizedListMultimap}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multimap">{@code Multimap}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true, emulated = true)

 * interface.
 *
 * <p>The {@link Suppliers} class provides common suppliers and related utilities.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of functional types</a>.
 *
 * <h3>For Java 8+ users</h3>
 *

 * read operations will work correctly. To allow concurrent update operations, wrap your multimap
 * with a call to {@link Multimaps#synchronizedSortedSetMultimap}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/NewCollectionTypesExplained#multimap">{@code Multimap}</a>.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 * @since 2.0
 */

   *       traffic to {@code charlie}, rather than letting {@code bravo} keep its traffic.
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>See the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent_hashing">Wikipedia article on
   * consistent hashing</a> for more information.
   */
  public static int consistentHash(HashCode hashCode, int buckets) {
    return consistentHash(hashCode.padToLong(), buckets);
  }

  /**

 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * // Bad! Do not do this!
 * Joiner joiner = Joiner.on(',');
 * joiner.skipNulls(); // does nothing!
 * return joiner.join("wrong", null, "wrong");
 * }</pre>
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/StringsExplained#joiner">{@code Joiner}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault