* Striped<Semaphore>}, and {@linkplain #readWriteLock(int) strong} and {@linkplain
 * #lazyWeakReadWriteLock(int) weak} {@code Striped<ReadWriteLock>}. <i>Strong</i> means that all
 * stripes (locks/semaphores) are initialized eagerly, and are not reclaimed unless {@code Striped}
 * itself is reclaimable. <i>Weak</i> means that locks/semaphores are created lazily, and they are

@GwtCompatible
final class NaturalOrdering extends Ordering<Comparable<?>> implements Serializable {
  static final NaturalOrdering INSTANCE = new NaturalOrdering();

  /*
   * TODO: b/287198172 - Consider eagerly initializing these, maybe making them static. But that
   * would lead to at least slighly more work at startup time.
   */
  @LazyInit private transient @Nullable Ordering<@Nullable Comparable<?>> nullsFirst;

    tasks.register('someTask') { ... }

instead of eagerly _creating_ the task:

    task someTask { ... }

The major difference between these two syntaxes is, that the configuration block of an registered task will only be executed when the task is actually created due to the build requires that task to run. The configuration block of an eagerly created tasks will be executed immediately.

import okhttp3.internal.UTC

/** The last four-digit year: "Fri, 31 Dec 9999 23:59:59 GMT". */
internal const val MAX_DATE = 253402300799999L

/**
 * Most websites serve cookies in the blessed format. Eagerly create the parser to ensure such
 * cookies are on the fast path.
 */
private val STANDARD_DATE_FORMAT =
  object : ThreadLocal<DateFormat>() {
    override fun initialValue(): DateFormat {

      @ParametricNullness E fromElement,
      BoundType fromBoundType,
      @ParametricNullness E toElement,
      BoundType toBoundType) {
    // These are checked elsewhere, but NullPointerTester wants them checked eagerly.
    checkNotNull(fromBoundType);
    checkNotNull(toBoundType);
    return tailMultiset(fromElement, fromBoundType).headMultiset(toElement, toBoundType);
  }

  }

  @Override
  public SortedMultiset<E> subMultiset(
      E fromElement, BoundType fromBoundType, E toElement, BoundType toBoundType) {
    // These are checked elsewhere, but NullPointerTester wants them checked eagerly.
    checkNotNull(fromBoundType);
    checkNotNull(toBoundType);
    return tailMultiset(fromElement, fromBoundType).headMultiset(toElement, toBoundType);
  }

      @ParametricNullness E fromElement,
      BoundType fromBoundType,
      @ParametricNullness E toElement,
      BoundType toBoundType) {
    // These are checked elsewhere, but NullPointerTester wants them checked eagerly.
    checkNotNull(fromBoundType);
    checkNotNull(toBoundType);
    return tailMultiset(fromElement, fromBoundType).headMultiset(toElement, toBoundType);
  }

@GwtCompatible
final class NaturalOrdering extends Ordering<Comparable<?>> implements Serializable {
  static final NaturalOrdering INSTANCE = new NaturalOrdering();

  /*
   * TODO: b/287198172 - Consider eagerly initializing these, maybe making them static. But that
   * would lead to at least slighly more work at startup time.
   */
  @LazyInit private transient @Nullable Ordering<@Nullable Comparable<?>> nullsFirst;

## Version 2.7.3

_2016-02-06_

 *  Fix: Permit the trusted CA root to be pinned by `CertificatePinner`.


## Version 2.7.2

_2016-01-07_

 *  Fix: Don't eagerly release stream allocations on cache hits. We might still
    need them to handle redirects.


## Version 2.7.1

_2016-01-01_

 *  Fix: Don't do a health check on newly-created connections. This is

  }

  /**
   * Splits {@code sequence} into string components and makes them available through an {@link
   * Iterator}, which may be lazily evaluated. If you want an eagerly computed {@link List}, use
   * {@link #splitToList(CharSequence)}.
   *
   * @param sequence the sequence of characters to split
   * @return an iteration over the segments split from the parameter
   */