import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * Implementation detail for the internal structure of {@link Range} instances. Represents a unique
 * way of "cutting" a "number line" (actually of instances of type {@code C}, not necessarily
 * "numbers") into two sections; this can be done below a certain value, above a certain value,
 * below all values or above all values. With this object defined in this way, an interval can

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   * that gets messy here, and we already have null tests for Range.
   */

  /*
   * These generators also rely on consecutive integer inputs (not necessarily in order, but no
   * holes).
   */

  // SetCreationTester has some tests that pass in duplicates. Dedup them.
  private static <E extends Comparable<? super E>> SortedSet<E> nullCheckedTreeSet(E[] elements) {

             * object to write it's parameter words and bytes to our outgoing
             * array. Incedentally when these andx smbs are created they are not
             * necessarily populated with header data because they're not writing
             * the header, only their body. But for whatever reason one might wish
             * to populate fields if the writeXxx operation needs this header data

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  /**
   * End of Transmission Block: A communication control character used to indicate the end of a
   * block of data for communication purposes. ETB is used for blocking data where the block
   * structure is not necessarily related to the processing format.
   *
   * @since 8.0
   */
  public static final byte ETB = 23;

  /**
   * Cancel: A control character used to indicate that the data with which it is sent is in error or

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