* state hurts system maintainability and testability. In cases when you have no choice while
   * interoperating with a legacy framework, this method helps to keep the code less ugly.
   *
   * @throws ExceptionInInitializerError if an exception is thrown during initialization of a class
   */
  public static void initialize(Class<?>... classes) {
    for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
      try {

    }
    return tmp;
  }

  private static long random() {
    return RANDOM_SOURCE.nextLong();
  }

  // A random value that cannot be 0 and that is unsigned-less-than or equal
  // to the given dividend, so that we don't have half of our divisions being
  // trivial because the divisor is bigger than the dividend.

   *
   * @param a the first unsigned {@code int} to compare
   * @param b the second unsigned {@code int} 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(int a, int b) {
    return Ints.compare(flip(a), flip(b));
  }

  /**

      throw new ArithmeticException("ceilingPowerOfTwo(" + x + ") not representable as an int");
    }
    return 1 << -Integer.numberOfLeadingZeros(x - 1);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the largest power of two less than or equal to {@code x}. This is equivalent to {@code
   * checkedPow(2, log2(x, FLOOR))}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code x <= 0}
   * @since 20.0
   */
  public static int floorPowerOfTwo(int x) {

   * 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
   */
  public static int compare(byte a, byte b) {
    return toInt(a) - toInt(b);
  }

  /**

      }
    }

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

  static class BadEquals {

    public BadEquals() {} // ignored by testEquals() since it has less parameters.

    public static BadEquals create(@SuppressWarnings("unused") @Nullable String s) {
      return new BadEquals();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@Nullable Object obj) {

   * Contention and/or table collisions are indicated by failed
   * CASes when performing an update operation (see method
   * retryUpdate). Upon a collision, if the table size is less than
   * the capacity, it is doubled in size unless some other thread
   * holds the lock. If a hashed slot is empty, and lock is
   * available, a new Cell is created. Otherwise, if the slot

      @CheckForNull
          ImmutableCollection<? extends Future<? extends InputT>>
              futuresIfNeedToCollectAtCompletion) {
    int newRemaining = decrementRemainingAndGet();
    checkState(newRemaining >= 0, "Less than 0 remaining futures");
    if (newRemaining == 0) {
      processCompleted(futuresIfNeedToCollectAtCompletion);
    }
  }

  private void processCompleted(
      @CheckForNull

    checkPositionIndexes(fromIndex, toIndex, array.length);
    if (array.length <= 1) {
      return;
    }

    int length = toIndex - fromIndex;
    // Obtain m = (-distance mod length), a non-negative value less than "length". This is how many
    // places left to rotate.
    int m = -distance % length;
    m = (m < 0) ? m + length : m;
    // The current index of what will become the first element of the rotated section.

    }

    @Override
    public E aboveSamplesGreater() {
      throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
    }
  }

  /*
   * TODO(cpovirk): surely we can find a less ugly solution than a class that accepts 3 parameters,
   * exposes as many getters, does work in the constructor, and has both a superclass and a subclass
   */
  public static class SortedMapSubmapTestMapGenerator<