* @return the request trace, or {@code null} if no trace information is available
     */
    @Nullable
    RequestTrace getTrace();

    /**
     * Returns a hashcode value for this request, based on all significant fields.
     * Implementations must ensure that if two requests are equal according to
     * {@link #equals(Object)}, they have the same hashcode.
     *
     * @return a hash code value for this request
     */

        byte[] bufferData = buf.getBuffer();
        assertEquals((byte) 0xCD, bufferData[startIndex + alignmentBytes], "Least significant byte should be first");
        assertEquals((byte) 0x00, bufferData[startIndex + alignmentBytes + 1], "Most significant byte should be second");
    }

    /**
     * When given a buffer with sufficient length, decode performs
     * the inverse of encode.
     */

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before sending a pull request.

We generally welcome PRs for fixing trivial bugs or typos, but please refrain
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   *
   * <p>For the case of {@link RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN}, this implementation uses the IEEE 754
   * default rounding mode: if the two nearest representable values are equally near, the one with
   * the least significant bit zero is chosen. (In such cases, both of the nearest representable
   * values are even integers; this method returns the one that is a multiple of a greater power of
   * two.)
   *

    /**
     * Configures the {@link ToStringHelper} so {@link #toString()} will ignore properties with null
     * value. The order of calling this method, relative to the {@code add()}/{@code addValue()}
     * methods, is not significant.
     *
     * @since 18.0 (since 12.0 as {@code Objects.ToStringHelper.omitNullValues()}).
     */
    @CanIgnoreReturnValue
    public ToStringHelper omitNullValues() {
      omitNullValues = true;

 *
 * <p>The analyzer processes POM files recursively, tracking string occurrences and their locations within the POM structure.
 * It can identify areas where string deduplication could provide significant memory savings.</p>
 *
 * <p>Usage example:</p>
 * <pre>
 * PomMemoryAnalyzer analyzer = new PomMemoryAnalyzer();
 * Model model = reader.read(Files.newInputStream(pomPath));
 * analyzer.analyzePom(model);

   *
   * <p>For the case of {@link RoundingMode#HALF_EVEN}, this implementation uses the IEEE 754
   * default rounding mode: if the two nearest representable values are equally near, the one with
   * the least significant bit zero is chosen. (In such cases, both of the nearest representable
   * values are even integers; this method returns the one that is a multiple of a greater power of
   * two.)
   *

      value: >
        Did you *actually* encounter the need for this enhancement in a real-world scenario, or does
        it just seem like a sensible behavior for the feature to have?


        Before we make significant changes to existing features in Guava, we really want to be sure
        that it's for a use case that actually comes up in the real world. We want to hear the

   */
  public abstract long asLong();

  /**
   * If this hashcode has enough bits, returns {@code asLong()}, otherwise returns a {@code long}
   * value with {@code asBytes()} as the least-significant bytes and {@code 0x00} as the remaining
   * most-significant bytes.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 11.0 as {@code Hashing.padToLong(HashCode)})
   */
  public abstract long padToLong();

  /**

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