* comparator utilities, see either {@code Comparator} itself (for Java 8+), or {@code
 * com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
 *
 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
 *
 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is

 * comparator utilities, see either {@code Comparator} itself (for Java 8+), or {@code
 * com.google.common.collect.Ordering} (otherwise).
 *
 * <h3>Relationship to {@code Ordering}</h3>
 *
 * <p>In light of the significant enhancements to {@code Comparator} in Java 8, the overwhelming
 * majority of usages of {@code Ordering} can be written using only built-in JDK APIs. This class is

 * randomly ordered data (the probability decreases faster than exponentially in N), but if you are
 * passing in unsanitized user data then a malicious user could force it. A light shuffle of the
 * data using an unpredictable seed should normally be enough to thwart this attack.
 *
 * <p>The time taken to compute multiple quantiles on the same dataset using {@link Scale#indexes

        rnd.nextBytes(left);
        byte[] right = left.clone();
        assertThat(comparator.compare(left, right)).isEqualTo(0);
        int i = rnd.nextInt(left.length);
        left[i] ^= (byte) (1 + rnd.nextInt(255));
        assertThat(comparator.compare(left, right)).isNotEqualTo(0);
        assertThat(UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i]) > 0)
            .isEqualTo(comparator.compare(left, right) > 0);
      }
    }
  }

                return acl;
              }
            };
        return () -> attribute;
      } catch (IOException e) {
        // We throw a new exception each time so that the stack trace is right.
        return () -> {
          throw new IOException("Could not find user", e);
        };
      }
    }

    private static String getUsername() {
      /*

   * a qualifying run is found, its hextets are replaced by the sentinel value -1.
   *
   * @param hextets {@code int[]} mutable array of eight 16-bit hextets
   */
  private static void compressLongestRunOfZeroes(int[] hextets) {
    int bestRunStart = -1;
    int bestRunLength = -1;
    int runStart = -1;
    for (int i = 0; i < hextets.length + 1; i++) {

      @Override
      public int compare(byte[] left, byte[] right) {
        int minLength = Math.min(left.length, right.length);
        for (int i = 0; i < minLength; i++) {
          int result = UnsignedBytes.compare(left[i], right[i]);
          if (result != 0) {
            return result;
          }
        }
        return left.length - right.length;
      }

      @Override

    INSTANCE;

    @Override
    public int compare(int[] left, int[] right) {
      int minLength = Math.min(left.length, right.length);
      for (int i = 0; i < minLength; i++) {
        if (left[i] != right[i]) {
          return UnsignedInts.compare(left[i], right[i]);
        }
      }
      return left.length - right.length;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {

   * as a further line of defense, prefer not to perform any locking inside a task that will be run
   * under {@code directExecutor}: Not only might the wait for a lock be long, but if the running
   * thread was holding a lock, the listener may deadlock or break lock isolation.
   *
   * <p>This instance is equivalent to:
   *
   * <pre>{@code

                      public int compare(Entry<String, String> left, Entry<String, String> right) {
                        return ComparisonChain.start()
                            .compare(left.getKey(), right.getKey(), Ordering.natural().nullsFirst())
                            .compare(
                                left.getValue(), right.getValue(), Ordering.natural().nullsFirst())
                            .result();