* for comparisons. This class is not being deprecated, but we gently encourage you to migrate to
 * streams.
 *
 * <p><i>Performance notes:</i> Unless otherwise noted, all of the iterables produced in this class
 * are <i>lazy</i>, which means that their iterators only advance the backing iteration when
 * absolutely necessary.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

 * predicate::test}.
 *
 * <p>This interface is now a legacy type. Use {@code java.util.function.Predicate} (or the
 * appropriate primitive specialization such as {@code IntPredicate}) instead whenever possible.
 * Otherwise, at least reduce <i>explicit</i> dependencies on this type by using lambda expressions
 * or method references instead of classes, leaving your code easier to migrate in the future.
 *

   *   <li>If {@code exceptions} has a single exceptions and that exceptions is not a
   *       {@link RuntimeException}, return a simple {@code RuntimeException} that wraps it
   *   <li>Otherwise, return an instance of {@link ClusterException} that wraps the first exception
   *       in the {@code exceptions} collection.
   * </ul>
   *

 * order of the various views.
 *
 * <p>The views returned by {@link #column}, {@link #columnKeySet()}, and {@link #columnMap()} have
 * iterators that don't support {@code remove()}. Otherwise, all optional operations are supported.
 * Null row keys, columns keys, and values are not supported.
 *
 * <p>Lookups by row key are often faster than lookups by column key, because the data is stored in

 * @since 17.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
@ElementTypesAreNonnullByDefault
public final class Verify {
  /**
   * Ensures that {@code expression} is {@code true}, throwing a {@code VerifyException} with no
   * message otherwise.
   *
   * @throws VerifyException if {@code expression} is {@code false}
   * @see Preconditions#checkState Preconditions.checkState()
   */
  public static void verify(boolean expression) {
    if (!expression) {

  /**
   * Closes a {@link Closeable}, with control over whether an {@code IOException} may be thrown.
   * This is primarily useful in a finally block, where a thrown exception needs to be logged but
   * not propagated (otherwise the original exception will be lost).
   *
   * <p>If {@code swallowIOException} is true then we never throw {@code IOException} but merely log
   * it.
   *
   * <p>Example:
   *
   * <pre>{@code

    assertEquals(3, uniqueEntries.size());
  }

  // Wrapper of EnumMultiset factory methods, because we need to skip create(Class).
  // create(Enum1.class) is equal to create(Enum2.class) but testEquals() expects otherwise.
  // For the same reason, we need to skip create(Iterable, Class).
  private static class EnumMultisetFactory {
    public static <E extends Enum<E>> EnumMultiset<E> create(Iterable<E> elements) {

   *
   * @param string the string to test and possibly return
   * @return {@code string} itself if it is non-null; {@code ""} if it is null
   */
  public static String nullToEmpty(@CheckForNull String string) {
    return Platform.nullToEmpty(string);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the given string if it is nonempty; {@code null} otherwise.
   *

    }
    return String.valueOf(newChars);
  }

  /**
   * If the argument is an {@linkplain #isUpperCase(char) uppercase ASCII character}, returns the
   * lowercase equivalent. Otherwise returns the argument.
   */
  public static char toLowerCase(char c) {
    return isUpperCase(c) ? (char) (c ^ CASE_MASK) : c;
  }

  /**

  /**
   * Returns the value associated with {@code key} in this cache, obtaining that value from {@code
   * loader} if necessary. The method improves upon the conventional "if cached, return; otherwise
   * create, cache and return" pattern. For further improvements, use {@link LoadingCache} and its
   * {@link LoadingCache#get(Object) get(K)} method instead of this one.
   *