return requireNonNull(predecessor);
  }

  private int[] requireSuccessors() {
    return requireNonNull(successor);
  }

  /*
   * We don't define getPredecessor+getSuccessor and setPredecessor+setSuccessor here because
   * they're defined above -- including logic to add and subtract 1 to map between the values stored
   * in the predecessor/successor arrays and the indexes in the elements array that they identify.
   */

    return host;
  }

  /** Return true if this instance has a defined port. */
  public boolean hasPort() {
    return port >= 0;
  }

  /**
   * Get the current port number, failing if no port is defined.
   *
   * @return a validated port number, in the range [0..65535]
   * @throws IllegalStateException if no port is defined. You can use {@link #withDefaultPort(int)}
   *     to prevent this from occurring.

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;

/**
 * Low-level, high-performance utility methods related to the {@linkplain Charsets#UTF_8 UTF-8}
 * character encoding. UTF-8 is defined in section D92 of <a
 * href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/ch03.pdf">The Unicode Standard Core
 * Specification, Chapter 3</a>.
 *

    } catch (AssertionFailedError expected) {
      return;
    }
    fail("Should have failed");
  }

  /** An interface for the 2 ways that a chaining call might be defined. */
  private interface ChainingCalls {
    // A method that is defined to 'return this'
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    ChainingCalls chainingCall();

    // A method that just happens to return a ChainingCalls object

   *
   * <p>The method signature specifies {@code R extends Comparable} with a raw {@link Comparable},
   * instead of {@code R extends Comparable<? super R>}, and the same for {@code C}. That's
   * necessary to support classes defined without generics.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes") // https://github.com/google/guava/issues/989
  public static <R extends Comparable, C extends Comparable, V> TreeBasedTable<R, C, V> create() {

 * specified the JVM flag {@code -XX:+DisableExplicitGC}. But in practice, it works very well for
 * ordinary tests.
 *
 * <p>Failure of the expected event to occur within an implementation-defined "reasonable" time
 * period or an interrupt while waiting for the expected event will result in a {@link
 * RuntimeException}.
 *
 * <p>Here's an example that tests a {@code finalize} method:
 *
 * <pre>{@code

  }

  @Override
  public Set<E> outEdges() {
    return Collections.unmodifiableSet(outEdgeMap.keySet());
  }

  @Override
  public N adjacentNode(E edge) {
    // Since the reference node is defined to be 'source' for directed graphs,
    // we can assume this edge lives in the set of outgoing edges.
    // (We're relying on callers to call this method only with an edge that's in the graph.)

 * #startUp} and {@link #shutDown}) will never run concurrently. Notably, if any execution of {@link
 * #runOneIteration} takes longer than its schedule defines, then subsequent executions may start
 * late. Also, all life cycle methods are executed with a lock held, so subclasses can safely modify
 * shared state without additional synchronization necessary for visibility to later executions of

   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> this class is now obsolete as explained in the class documentation, so
   * there is no need to use this method.
   *
   * @param comparator the comparator that defines the order
   * @return comparator itself if it is already an {@code Ordering}; otherwise an ordering that
   *     wraps that comparator
   */
  @GwtCompatible(serializable = true)

        subtype.isSubtypeOf(this), "%s does not appear to be a subtype of %s", subtype, this);
    return subtype;
  }

  /**
   * Returns true if this type is a supertype of the given {@code type}. "Supertype" is defined
   * according to <a
   * href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se8/html/jls-4.html#jls-4.5.1">the rules for type
   * arguments</a> introduced with Java generics.
   *
   * @since 19.0
   */