*   if (value < 0) {
 *     throw new IllegalArgumentException("input is negative: " + value);
 *   }
 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <p>to be replaced with the more compact
 *
 * {@snippet :
 * public static double sqrt(double value) {
 *   checkArgument(value >= 0, "input is negative: %s", value);
 *   // calculate square root
 * }
 * }
 *

    final long offset;
    final long length;

    SlicedByteSource(long offset, long length) {
      checkArgument(offset >= 0, "offset (%s) may not be negative", offset);
      checkArgument(length >= 0, "length (%s) may not be negative", length);
      this.offset = offset;
      this.length = length;
    }

    @Override
    public InputStream openStream() throws IOException {

    if (value < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(name + " cannot be negative but was: " + value);
    }
    return value;
  }

  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  static long checkNonnegative(long value, String name) {
    if (value < 0) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(name + " cannot be negative but was: " + value);
    }
    return value;
  }

        assertEquals(123, ex.getNtStatus());
    }

    /**
     * Parameterised test covering many error codes.
     * - Error code 0 returns 0 (NT_STATUS_SUCCESS)
     * - Negative values with 0xC0000000 bits set are returned as-is
     * - Positive values not in DOS_ERROR_CODES map to NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL
     */
    @ParameterizedTest
    @ValueSource(ints = { 0, 1, 123, -7 })

    IndexOutOfBoundsException expected =
        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> checkElementIndex(-1, 1));
    assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("index (-1) must not be negative");
  }

  public void testCheckElementIndex_tooHigh() {
    IndexOutOfBoundsException expected =
        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> checkElementIndex(1, 1));

    IndexOutOfBoundsException expected =
        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> checkElementIndex(-1, 1));
    assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().isEqualTo("index (-1) must not be negative");
  }

  public void testCheckElementIndex_tooHigh() {
    IndexOutOfBoundsException expected =
        assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class, () -> checkElementIndex(1, 1));

        } else {
            // process the list
            String[] repos = pattern.split(",");
            for (String repo : repos) {
                repo = repo.trim();
                // see if this is a negative match
                if (repo.length() > 1 && repo.startsWith("!")) {
                    if (repo.substring(1).equals(originalId)) {
                        // explicitly exclude. Set result and stop processing.

}

// GetLength - get length of range
func (h *HTTPRangeSpec) GetLength(resourceSize int64) (rangeLength int64, err error) {
	switch {
	case resourceSize < 0:
		return 0, errors.New("Resource size cannot be negative")

	case h == nil:
		rangeLength = resourceSize

	case h.IsSuffixLength:
		specifiedLen := -h.Start
		rangeLength = min(specifiedLen, resourceSize)

	case h.Start >= resourceSize:

        // Test that BoostQuery constructor doesn't allow negative boost values
        Term term = new Term("field", "negative");
        TermQuery termQuery = new TermQuery(term);

        try {
            BoostQuery boostQuery = new BoostQuery(termQuery, -1.5f);
            fail("Should have thrown IllegalArgumentException for negative boost");
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {

   * equivalent {@link Character#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code char} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code char} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */
  @InlineMe(replacement = "Character.compare(a, b)")