* that wrap {@link MessageDigest}s.
 *
 * <p>Parameters for the benchmark are:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>size: The length of the byte array to hash.
 *   <li>algorithm: the algorithm to hash with (e.g. MD5, SHA1, etc.).
 *   <li>hashMethod: how to hash the data (using the Hashing API or the MessageDigest API).
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 */

  /**
   * Determines whether two possibly-null objects are equal. Returns:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both null.
   *   <li>{@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both non-null and they are equal according to
   *       {@link Object#equals(Object)}.
   *   <li>{@code false} in all other situations.
   * </ul>
   *

 *
 * <p>Use this class instead of direct calls to {@link System#nanoTime} for two reasons:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>The raw {@code long} values returned by {@code nanoTime} are meaningless and unsafe to use
 *       in any other way than how {@code Stopwatch} uses them.
 *   <li>An alternative source of nanosecond ticks can be substituted, for example for testing or
 *       performance reasons, without affecting most of your code.

   * instead.
   *
   * <p>The specifier must be in one of these formats:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>A domain name, like {@code google.com}
   *   <li>A IPv4 address string, like {@code 127.0.0.1}
   *   <li>An IPv6 address string with or without brackets, like {@code [2001:db8::1]} or {@code
   *       2001:db8::1}
   * </ul>
   *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable
 *       String}.
 * </ul>
 *

   * IllegalStateException} if it is accessed in any way, with the following exceptions:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code view.equals(view)} evaluates to {@code true} (but any other `equals()` expression
   *       involving {@code view} will throw)
   *   <li>{@code hashCode()} does not throw
   *   <li>if {@code node} is re-added to the graph after having been removed, {@code view}'s
   *       behavior is undefined
   * </ul>
   *