Given these constraints, we cannot always follow best practices.  This ADR proposes the way we should handle the use of Provider APIs in the gradle/gradle codebase.

## Decision

### Types of properties that should not use lazy types

    }
  }

  // Compare by toString() to satisfy 2 properties:
  // 1. compareTo(null) should throw NullPointerException
  // 2. the order is deterministic and easy to understand, for debugging purpose.
  @SuppressWarnings("ComparableType")
  private static final class ByToString implements Comparable<Object>, Serializable {
    private static final ByToString INSTANCE = new ByToString();

    @Override

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import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * Static convenience methods that serve the same purpose as Java language <a
 * href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/language/assert.html">assertions</a>,
 * except that they are always enabled. These methods should be used instead of Java assertions

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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software

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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software