#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
#         * functions;
#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
#
#   Important for patching:
#

    // to fill dummy parameter values for them. Ties are broken by name then by the string form of
    // the parameter list.
    return BY_NUMBER_OF_PARAMETERS
        .compound(BY_METHOD_NAME)
        .compound(BY_PARAMETERS)
        .immutableSortedCopy(factories);
  }

  private List<Object> getDummyArguments(Invokable<?, ?> invokable)
      throws ParameterNotInstantiableException {