* consistentHash(h, n)} equals:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code n - 1}, with approximate probability {@code 1/n}
   *   <li>{@code consistentHash(h, n - 1)}, otherwise (probability {@code 1 - 1/n})
   * </ul>
   *
   * <p>This method is suitable for the common use case of dividing work among buckets that meet the
   * following conditions:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>You want to assign the same fraction of inputs to each bucket.

 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>whether threads should be marked as {@linkplain Thread#setDaemon daemon} threads
 *   <li>a {@linkplain ThreadFactoryBuilder#setNameFormat naming format}
 *   <li>a {@linkplain Thread#setPriority thread priority}
 *   <li>an {@linkplain Thread#setUncaughtExceptionHandler uncaught exception handler}
 *   <li>a {@linkplain ThreadFactory#newThread backing thread factory}
 * </ul>
 *

 * and performant but introduces some testing difficulties. This test exercises the two fallback
 * strategies.
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>SafeAtomicHelper: uses Atomic FieldsUpdaters to implement synchronization
 *   <li>SynchronizedHelper: uses {@code synchronized} blocks for synchronization
 * </ul>
 *
 * To force selection of our fallback strategies we load {@link AggregateFutureState} (and all of

 * that wrap {@link MessageDigest}s.
 *
 * <p>Parameters for the benchmark are:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>size: The length of the byte array to hash.
 *   <li>algorithm: the algorithm to hash with (e.g. MD5, SHA1, etc.).
 *   <li>hashMethod: how to hash the data (using the Hashing API or the MessageDigest API).
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 */
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 * that wrap {@link MessageDigest}s.
 *
 * <p>Parameters for the benchmark are:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>size: The length of the byte array to hash.
 *   <li>algorithm: the algorithm to hash with (e.g. MD5, SHA1, etc.).
 *   <li>hashMethod: how to hash the data (using the Hashing API or the MessageDigest API).
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
 */
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 *
 * <ol>
 *   <li>A pipeline starts at its leaf step (or steps), which is created from either a callable
 *       block or a {@link ListenableFuture}.
 *   <li>Each other step is derived from one or more input steps. At each step, zero or more objects
 *       can be captured for later closing.
 *   <li>There is one last step (the root of the tree), from which you can extract the final result

 *
 * <p>Note to maintainers: This implementation relies on signed arithmetic being bit-wise equivalent
 * to unsigned arithmetic in all cases except:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>comparisons (signed values can be negative)
 *   <li>division (avoided here)
 *   <li>shifting (right shift must be unsigned)
 * </ul>
 *
 * @author ******@****.*** (Kyle Maddison)
 * @author ******@****.*** (Geoff Pike)
 */

 * user-defined properties.
 *
 * <p>A {@code Network} built by this class has the following default properties:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>does not allow parallel edges
 *   <li>does not allow self-loops
 *   <li>orders {@link Network#nodes()} and {@link Network#edges()} in the order in which the
 *       elements were added (insertion order)
 * </ul>
 *

  /**
   * Determines whether two possibly-null objects are equal. Returns:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both null.
   *   <li>{@code true} if {@code a} and {@code b} are both non-null and they are equal according to
   *       {@link Object#equals(Object)}.
   *   <li>{@code false} in all other situations.
   * </ul>
   *

   *
   * <p>Accepts a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number given by specifying the following prefix:
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>{@code 0x}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code 0X}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code #}<i>HexDigits</i>
   *   <li>{@code 0}<i>OctalDigits</i>
   * </ul>
   *
   * @throws NumberFormatException if the string does not contain a valid unsigned {@code int} value
   * @since 13.0