/*
 * Copyright 2020 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  }

  protected abstract Multiset<String> create(String[] elements);

  @Override
  public String[] createArray(int length) {
    return new String[length];
  }

  /** Returns the original element list, unchanged. */
  @Override
  public List<String> order(List<String> insertionOrder) {
    return insertionOrder;
  }

   */
  protected abstract List<Character> create(Character[] elements);

  @Override
  public Character[] createArray(int length) {
    return new Character[length];
  }

  /** Returns the original element list, unchanged. */
  @Override
  public List<Character> order(List<Character> insertionOrder) {
    return insertionOrder;
  }

/*
 * Copyright 2024 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2020 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // generic arrays make typesafety sad
  public Entry<K, V>[] createArray(int length) {
    return (Entry<K, V>[]) new Entry<?, ?>[length];
  }

  /** Returns the original element list, unchanged. */
  @Override
  public List<Entry<K, V>> order(List<Entry<K, V>> insertionOrder) {
    return insertionOrder;
  }

  public final String[] createKeyArray(int length) {
    return new String[length];
  }

  @Override
  public final String[] createValueArray(int length) {
    return new String[length];
  }

  /** Returns the original element list, unchanged. */
  @Override
  public Iterable<Entry<String, String>> order(List<Entry<String, String>> insertionOrder) {
    return insertionOrder;
  }

   * and {@code intern(a) == intern(b)} if and only if {@code a.equals(b)}. Note that {@code
   * intern(a)} is permitted to return one instance now and a different instance later if the
   * original interned instance was garbage-collected.
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> do not use with mutable objects.
   *
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code sample} is null
   */
  E intern(E sample);

    /**
     * Merges values from the specified profile into the given model. Implementations are expected to keep the profile
     * and model completely decoupled by injecting deep copies rather than the original objects from the profile.
     *
     * @param model The model into which to merge the values defined by the profile, must not be <code>null</code>.

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