return Short.compare(a, b);
  }

  /**
   * Returns {@code true} if {@code target} is present as an element anywhere in {@code array}.
   *
   * @param array an array of {@code short} values, possibly empty
   * @param target a primitive {@code short} value
   * @return {@code true} if {@code array[i] == target} for some value of {@code i}
   */
  public static boolean contains(short[] array, short target) {

     * @return the cleaned value at the specified index, or empty string if index is out of bounds
     */
    static String getValue(final List<String> list, final int index) {
        if (index >= list.size()) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }
        String item = list.get(index).trim();
        if (StringUtil.isBlank(item)) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }

        byte[] encrypted = storage.encryptCredentials(plaintext);
        assertNotNull(encrypted, "Encrypted empty data should not be null");

        char[] decrypted = storage.decryptCredentials(encrypted);
        assertNotNull(decrypted, "Decrypted empty data should not be null");
        assertEquals(0, decrypted.length, "Decrypted empty array should have zero length");
    }

    @Test

        return input;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the value of the stopword.
     *
     * @return The stopword value, or an empty string if null.
     */
    public String getInputValue() {
        if (input == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }
        return input;
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the item has been updated.
     *

        switch (form.crudMode) {
        case CrudMode.CREATE:
            final KuromojiItem entity = new KuromojiItem(0, StringUtil.EMPTY, StringUtil.EMPTY, StringUtil.EMPTY, StringUtil.EMPTY);
            return OptionalEntity.of(entity);
        case CrudMode.EDIT:
            if (form instanceof EditForm) {

    }
  }

  // Following Javadoc copied from Multimap and SortedSetMultimap.

  /**
   * Returns a collection view of all values associated with a key. If no mappings in the multimap
   * have the provided key, an empty collection is returned.
   *
   * <p>Changes to the returned collection will update the underlying multimap, and vice versa.
   *
   * <p>Because a {@code SortedSetMultimap} has unique sorted values for a given key, this method

        assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());
        assertNull(iterator.next());

        verify(resource, never()).close();
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Empty iterator")
    void emptyIterator() {
        when(delegate.hasNext()).thenReturn(false);

        TestIterator iterator = new TestIterator(null);

        assertFalse(iterator.hasNext());

        @Test
        @DisplayName("getName can return null and empty strings via mock")
        void mock_nameEdgeValues() {
            // Arrange
            when(mockEntry.getName()).thenReturn(null, "", " ");

            // Act & Assert
            assertNull(mockEntry.getName(), "first call returns null");
            assertEquals("", mockEntry.getName(), "second call returns empty");

        assertNull(testImplementation.getFullUNCPath());
    }

    @Test
    @DisplayName("Test with empty strings")
    void testWithEmptyStrings() {
        // Test empty path
        testImplementation.setPath("");
        assertEquals("", testImplementation.getPath());

        // Test empty UNC path components
        testImplementation.setFullUNCPath("", "", "");

     *            Property set. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @param file
     *            File. Must not be {@literal null}.
     * @param encoding
     *            Encoding. Must not be {@literal null} or empty.
     */
    public static void load(final Properties props, final File file, final String encoding) {
        assertArgumentNotNull("props", props);
        assertArgumentNotNull("file", file);