* equals()} contract.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use {@link
   * java.util.Objects#equals} instead.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("InlineMeSuggester") // would introduce fully qualified references to Objects
  public static boolean equal(@Nullable Object a, @Nullable Object b) {
    return java.util.Objects.equals(a, b);
  }

  /**

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("FuturesGetCheckedIllegalExceptionType")
  public void testGetCheckedUntimed_exceptionClassNoPublicConstructor()
      throws ExceptionWithPrivateConstructor {
    assertThrows(
        IllegalArgumentException.class,
        () -> getChecked(FAILED_FUTURE_CHECKED_EXCEPTION, ExceptionWithPrivateConstructor.class));
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("FuturesGetCheckedIllegalExceptionType")

  }

  @SuppressWarnings("FuturesGetCheckedIllegalExceptionType")
  public void testGetCheckedUntimed_exceptionClassNoPublicConstructor()
      throws ExceptionWithPrivateConstructor {
    assertThrows(
        IllegalArgumentException.class,
        () -> getChecked(FAILED_FUTURE_CHECKED_EXCEPTION, ExceptionWithPrivateConstructor.class));
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("FuturesGetCheckedIllegalExceptionType")

    private List<ArtifactRepository> remoteRepositories;

    private final String originalMessage;

    private final String path;

    static final String LS = System.lineSeparator();

    @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:parameternumber")
    protected AbstractArtifactResolutionException(
            String message,
            String groupId,
            String artifactId,
            String version,

      this.delegate = checkNotNull(delegate);
    }

    @Override
    @ParametricNullness
    // We set the field only once (during construction or deserialization).
    @SuppressWarnings("SynchronizeOnNonFinalField")
    public T get() {
      // A 2-field variant of Double Checked Locking.
      if (!initialized) {
        synchronized (lock) {
          if (!initialized) {

import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Implementation of {@link ImmutableMultiset} with zero or more elements.
 *
 * @author Jared Levy
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
@SuppressWarnings("serial") // uses writeReplace(), not default serialization
final class RegularImmutableMultiset<E> extends ImmutableMultiset<E> {
  static final RegularImmutableMultiset<Object> EMPTY =

import java.util.Comparator;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * An immutable sorted multiset with one or more distinct elements.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial") // uses writeReplace, not default serialization
@GwtIncompatible
final class RegularImmutableSortedMultiset<E> extends ImmutableSortedMultiset<E> {
  private static final long[] zeroCumulativeCounts = {0};

/** Implementation of an {@link Optional} not containing a reference. */
@GwtCompatible
final class Absent<T> extends Optional<T> {
  static final Absent<Object> INSTANCE = new Absent<>();

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // implementation is "fully variant"
  static <T> Optional<T> withType() {
    return (Optional<T>) INSTANCE;
  }

  private Absent() {}

  @Override
  public boolean isPresent() {

  }

  // redeclare to help optimizers with b/310253115
  @SuppressWarnings("RedundantOverride")
  @Override
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible
    Object writeReplace() {
    return super.writeReplace();
  }

  // No longer used for new writes, but kept so that old data can still be read.
  @GwtIncompatible
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")

    }
    return ordering.compare(left, right);
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("nullness") // should be safe, but not sure if we can avoid the warning
  public <S extends @Nullable T> Ordering<S> reverse() {
    // ordering.reverse() might be optimized, so let it do its thing
    return ordering.<T>reverse().<@NonNull S>nullsLast();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // still need the right way to explain this
  @Override