How to contribute
=================

Thank you so much for wanting to contribute to Guava! Here are a few important
things you should know about contributing:

1.  API changes require discussion, use cases, etc. Code comes later.
2.  Pull requests are great for small fixes for bugs, documentation, etc.
3.  Pull requests are not merged directly into the master branch.
4.  Code contributions require signing a Google CLA.

API changes
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  SortedMap<K, V> create(Object... elements);

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key less than the keys of the {@link #samples()} and less than the key
   * of {@link #belowSamplesGreater()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> belowSamplesLesser();

  /**
   * Returns an entry with a key less than the keys of the {@link #samples()} but greater than the
   * key of {@link #belowSamplesLesser()}.
   */
  Entry<K, V> belowSamplesGreater();

     * In that explanation's notation, our `overlap` check would be `x1 < y2 && y1 < x2`. We've
     * flipped one part of the check so that we're using "less than" in both cases (rather than a
     * mix of "less than" and "greater than"). We've also switched to "strictly less than" rather
     * than "less than or equal to" because of *handwave* the difference between "endpoints of
     * inclusive ranges" and "Cuts."
     */

   *     <ul>
   *       <li>{@code x} is infinite or NaN
   *       <li>{@code x}, after being rounded to a mathematical integer using the specified rounding
   *           mode, is either less than {@code Integer.MIN_VALUE} or greater than {@code
   *           Integer.MAX_VALUE}
   *       <li>{@code x} is not a mathematical integer and {@code mode} is {@link
   *           RoundingMode#UNNECESSARY}
   *     </ul>
   */

   *
   * @param value any value in the range of the {@code short} type
   * @return the {@code short} value that equals {@code value}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code value} is greater than {@link Short#MAX_VALUE} or
   *     less than {@link Short#MIN_VALUE}
   */
  public static short checkedCast(long value) {
    short result = (short) value;
    checkArgument(result == value, "Out of range: %s", value);
    return result;
  }

   *
   * @param a the first unsigned {@code long} to compare
   * @param b the second unsigned {@code long} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  public static int compare(long a, long b) {
    return Longs.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**

   * Long#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code long} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code long} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  public static int compare(long a, long b) {
    return (a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0);
  }

  /**

         * It's very unlikely that any loaded Futures class will see getChecked called with more
         * than a handful of exceptions. But it seems prudent to set a cap on how many we'll cache.
         * This avoids out-of-control memory consumption, and it keeps the cache from growing so
         * large that doing the lookup is noticeably slower than redoing the work would be.
         *

 *
 * <p>Unlike {@code java.util.HashSet}, iteration is only proportional to the actual {@code size()},
 * which is optimal, and <i>not</i> the size of the internal hashtable, which could be much larger
 * than {@code size()}. Furthermore, this structure only depends on a fixed number of arrays; {@code
 * add(x)} operations <i>do not</i> create objects for the garbage collector to deal with, and for

   * @param defaultValue the default value to return if the iterator is empty or if {@code position}
   *     is greater than the number of elements remaining in {@code iterator}
   * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterator} or {@code defaultValue} if
   *     {@code iterator} produces fewer than {@code position + 1} elements.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative
   * @since 4.0
   */