*
 * <p>However, when {@link CollectionSize.Require} is used to annotate a test it behaves normally
 * (i.e. it requires the collection instance under test to be a certain size for the test to run).
 * Note that this means a test should not require more than one CollectionSize, since a particular
 * collection instance can only be one size at once.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */

/**
 * Annotates a "top-level" type-variable usage that takes its nullness from the type argument
 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable

/**
 * Annotates a "top-level" type-variable usage that takes its nullness from the type argument
 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable

/**
 * Annotates a "top-level" type-variable usage that takes its nullness from the type argument
 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable

 *
 * <p>However, when {@link CollectionSize.Require} is used to annotate a test it behaves normally
 * (i.e. it requires the collection instance under test to be a certain size for the test to run).
 * Note that this means a test should not require more than one CollectionSize, since a particular
 * collection instance can only be one size at once.
 *
 * @author George van den Driessche
 */

     *
     * @param data the data to analyze
     * @param algorithm the compression algorithm
     * @return estimated compression ratio (0.0 to 1.0, where 0.5 means 50% size reduction)
     */
    double estimateCompressionRatio(byte[] data, int algorithm);

    /**
     * Gets the minimum data size threshold for compression.

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  A "library" means a collection of software functions and/or data
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   * in practice. To simplify the implementation, we've avoided implementing the flexible rules in
   * favor of supporting what's actually used in practice. That means if these assertions ever fail,
   * the implementation will need to be revisited to support a more flexible rule.
   */
  private fun assertWildcardRule(rule: String) {
    check(rule.startsWith(WILDCARD_CHAR)) {

/**
 * Annotates a "top-level" type-variable usage that takes its nullness from the type argument
 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable

/**
 * Annotates a "top-level" type-variable usage that takes its nullness from the type argument
 * supplied by the user of the class. For example, {@code Multiset.Entry.getElement()} returns
 * {@code @ParametricNullness E}, which means:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@NonNull String>} returns {@code @NonNull
 *       String}.
 *   <li>{@code getElement} on a {@code Multiset.Entry<@Nullable String>} returns {@code @Nullable