* 255 inclusive. For example, {@code (byte) -127} is considered greater than {@code (byte) 127}
   * because it is seen as having the value of positive {@code 129}.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code byte} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code byte} 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
   */

  @CheckForNull
  public V put(K key, @ParametricNullness V value) {
    return super.put(key, value);
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("RedundantOverride") // b/192446478: RedundantOverride ignores some annotations.
  // TODO(b/192446998): Remove this override after tools understand nullness better.
  @CheckForNull

    return new Range<>(lowerBound, upperBound);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a range that contains all values strictly greater than {@code lower} and strictly less
   * than {@code upper}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code lower} is greater than <i>or equal to</i> {@code
   *     upper}
   * @throws ClassCastException if {@code lower} and {@code upper} are not mutually comparable

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/** An ordering that treats {@code null} as greater than all other values. */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class NullsLastOrdering<T extends @Nullable Object> extends Ordering<@Nullable T>
    implements Serializable {

import java.io.Serializable;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/** An ordering that treats {@code null} as greater than all other values. */
@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
final class NullsLastOrdering<T extends @Nullable Object> extends Ordering<@Nullable T>
    implements Serializable {

   * (inclusive) to {@code upper} (inclusive). (These are the same values contained in {@code
   * Range.closed(lower, upper)}.)
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code lower} is greater than {@code upper}
   * @since 23.0
   */
  public static ContiguousSet<Integer> closed(int lower, int upper) {
    return create(Range.closed(lower, upper), DiscreteDomain.integers());
  }

  /**

          return (result < 0) ? LESS : (result > 0) ? GREATER : ACTIVE;
        }

        @Override
        public int result() {
          return 0;
        }
      };

  private static final ComparisonChain LESS = new InactiveComparisonChain(-1);

  private static final ComparisonChain GREATER = new InactiveComparisonChain(1);

   * greater than or equal to that.
   */
  private static int partition(double[] array, int from, int to) {
    // Select a pivot, and move it to the start of the slice i.e. to index from.
    movePivotToStartOfSlice(array, from, to);
    double pivot = array[from];

    // Move all elements with indexes in (from, to] which are greater than the pivot to the end of

    linkedHashMultiset = LinkedHashMultiset.create(size);
    treeMultiset = TreeMultiset.create();

    Random random = new Random();

    int sizeRemaining = size;

    // TODO(kevinb): generate better test contents for multisets
    for (int i = 0; sizeRemaining > 0; i++) {
      // The JVM will return interned values for small ints.
      Integer value = random.nextInt(1000) + 128;

 * of EventBus may be better written using <a
 * href="https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutines-guide.html">Kotlin coroutines</a>, including <a
 * href="https://kotlinlang.org/docs/flow.html">Flow</a> and <a
 * href="https://kotlinlang.org/docs/channels.html">Channels</a>. Yet other usages are better served
 * by individual libraries that provide specialized support for particular use cases.
 *