* For example, if {@code end = next(next(next(start)))}, then {@code distance(start, end) == 3}
   * and {@code distance(end, start) == -3}. As well, {@code distance(a, a)} is always zero.
   *
   * <p>Note that this function is necessarily well-defined for any discrete type.
   *
   * @return the distance as described above, or {@link Long#MIN_VALUE} or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if

 * <li>unlimited number of version components,</li>
 * <li>version components in the text can be digits or strings,</li>
 * <li>strings are checked for well-known qualifiers and the qualifier ordering is used for version ordering.
 *     Well-known qualifiers (case insensitive) are:<ul>
 *     <li><code>alpha</code> or <code>a</code></li>
 *     <li><code>beta</code> or <code>b</code></li>

    BY_ELEMENT, // elements can change (set), but not structure
    DIRECT_ONLY, // Element can be added and removed only via direct calls, not through iterators
    ALL // Elements can be added and removed as well as modified.
  }

  /** Handles the creation of lists needed for the tests */
  public abstract static class ListExample {

    private final String name;
    private final Modifiability modifiability;

        // This is often an artifact like a POM that is taken from disk and we already have hold of the
        // file reference. But this may be a Maven Plugin that we need to resolve from a remote repository
        // as well as its dependencies.

        if (request.isResolveRoot() /* && rootArtifact.getFile() == null */) {
            try {
                resolve(rootArtifact, request.getRemoteRepositories(), session);

      fail();
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
    }
  }

  /**
   * If there's a bug in builder growth, we wouldn't know how to expose it. So, brute force the hell
   * out of it for a while and see what happens.
   */
  public void testBuilder_bruteForce() {
    for (int i = 0; i < reduceIterationsIfGwt(100); i++) {

      fail();
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
    }
  }

  /**
   * If there's a bug in builder growth, we wouldn't know how to expose it. So, brute force the hell
   * out of it for a while and see what happens.
   */
  public void testBuilder_bruteForce() {
    for (int i = 0; i < reduceIterationsIfGwt(100); i++) {

         * the type parameter is <E>, since otherwise the
         * MultiExceptionListIterator wouldn't be an Iterator<E>. The cast is
         * safe, even though javac can't tell.
         *
         * Sun bug 6665356 is an additional complication. Until OpenJDK 7, javac
         * doesn't recognize this kind of cast as unchecked cast. Neither does

  }

  /**
   * Tests for Predicates.instanceOf(x). TODO: Fix the comment style after fixing annotation
   * stripper to remove comments properly. Currently, all tests before the comments are removed as
   * well.
   */
  @GwtIncompatible // Predicates.instanceOf
  public void testIsInstanceOf_apply() {
    Predicate<@Nullable Object> isInteger = Predicates.instanceOf(Integer.class);

    assertTrue(isInteger.apply(1));

import junit.framework.AssertionFailedError;
import junit.framework.TestCase;

/**
 * Base class for JSR166 Junit TCK tests. Defines some constants, utility methods and classes, as
 * well as a simple framework for helping to make sure that assertions failing in generated threads
 * cause the associated test that generated them to itself fail (which JUnit does not otherwise

      }
    }
  }

  /*
   * This next part consists of several sample classes that provide
   * demonstrations of conditions that cause NullPointerTester
   * to succeed/fail.
   */

  /** Lots of well-behaved methods. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unused") // used by reflection
  private static class PassObject extends SomeClassThatDoesNotUseNullable {
    public static void doThrow(Object arg) {
      if (arg == null) {