if ((a.type +'#' + a.member) > (b.type + '#' + b.member)) {
                            return 1; 
                        } else {
                            return -1;
                        }
                    });
                    // Remove duplicates (equal adjacent elements) - a new, un@Incubating type will be here twice, as 2 errors are reported; use stringified JSON to compare

        PropertyMetaData property = Mock()
        _ * property.name >> name
        _ * property.ownerClass >> classMetaData
        def type = args.type instanceof TypeMetaData ? args.type : new TypeMetaData(args.type ?: 'org.gradle.Type')
        _ * property.type >> type
        _ * property.signature >> "$name-signature"

import groovy.transform.Immutable
import groovy.transform.ToString

@Immutable @ToString
class AcceptedApiChange {
    String type
    String member
    String acceptation
    List<String> changes

    ApiChange toApiChange() {
        return new ApiChange(type, member, changes ?: [])
    }

        }

        def acceptanceJson = new AcceptedApiChange(
            change.type,
            change.member,
            '[ADD YOUR CUSTOM REASON HERE]',
            change.changes
        )

        def changeId = (change.type + change.member).replaceAll('[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '_')
        Violation violation = Violation.error(
            member,

        when:
        type.setVarargs()

        then:
        type.rawType.signature == 'org.gradle.SomeType[]'

        when:
        type.arrayDimensions = 1

        then:
        type.rawType.signature == 'org.gradle.SomeType[][]'
    }

    def rawTypeForParameterizedArrayType() {
        type.arrayDimensions = 2
        type.addTypeArg(new TypeMetaData('Type1'))

        expect:

        PropertyDoc incubatingProp = propertyDoc('incubatingProperty', id: 'prop2', description: 'prop2 description', comment: 'prop2 comment', type: 'org.gradle.Type', incubating: true)
        _ * classDoc.classProperties >> [deprecatedProp, incubatingProp]

    ) {
        japicmpTask.tap {
            addExcludeFilter(AnonymousClassesFilter)
            addExcludeFilter(KotlinInternalFilter)

            def acceptedChangesMap = acceptedViolations.toAcceptedChangesMap()

            def apiChangesJsonFilePath = apiChangesJsonFile.path
            def projectRootDirPath = projectRootDir.asFile.path

            richReport.get().tap {

            td(blockDoc.description)
        }
    }

    def mergeTypes(Element typeTable, DslDocModel model) {
        typeTable.addFirst {
            thead {
                tr {
                    td('Type')
                    td('Description')
                }
            }
        }

        typeTable.tr.each { Element tr ->
            mergeType(tr, model)
        }
    }

     * A method that returns void.
     */
    void voidMethod() {
    }

    /**
     * A method that returns a reference type.
     */
    public final CombinedInterface refTypeMethod(JavaInterface someThing, boolean aFlag) {
        null
    }

    /**
     * A method that returns a default type.
     */
    def defMethod(def defParam) {
        null
    }

    /**
     * A method that returns an array

    static AcceptedApiChanges parse(String jsonText) {
        def acceptedApiChanges = new AcceptedApiChanges()
        def json = new Gson().fromJson(jsonText, new TypeToken<Map<String, List<AcceptedApiChange>>>() {}.type)
        acceptedApiChanges.acceptedChanges = json.acceptedApiChanges.collectEntries { jsonChange ->
            [(jsonChange.toApiChange()): jsonChange.acceptation]
        }
        return acceptedApiChanges
    }