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   * Preconditions.checkNotNull.
   *
   * (verifyNotNull has many fewer "problem" callers, so we could try to be stricter. On the other
   * hand, verifyNotNull arguably has more reason to accept nullable arguments in the first
   * place....)
   */

  /**
   * Ensures that {@code reference} is non-null, throwing a {@code VerifyException} with a default
   * message otherwise.
   *

    if (seq.length() <= maxLength) {
      String string = seq.toString();
      if (string.length() <= maxLength) {
        return string;
      }
      // if the length of the toString() result was > maxLength for some reason, truncate that
      seq = string;
    }

    return new StringBuilder(maxLength)
        .append(seq, 0, truncationLength)
        .append(truncationIndicator)
        .toString();
  }

  /**

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      of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
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      of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

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      of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
      defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
      incurred by, or claims asserted against, such Contributor by reason
      of your accepting any such warranty or additional liability.

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      of any other Contributor, and only if You agree to indemnify,
      defend, and hold each Contributor harmless for any liability
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 * {@link Collections#singleton(Object)} and <a
 * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/util/Set.html#immutable">{@code Set.of}</a>,
 * we recommend using <i>these</i> classes instead for this reason (as well as for consistency).
 *
 * <h4>Creation</h4>
 *
 * <p>Except for logically "abstract" types like {@code ImmutableCollection} itself, each {@code