* works better than Ordering.natural().nullsFirst() because, if null comes before all other
   * values, it lies outside the submap/submultiset ranges we test, and the variety of tests that
   * exercise null handling fail on those subcollections.
   */
  public abstract static class NullsBefore implements Comparator<@Nullable String>, Serializable {
    /*

For this purpose, we chose to use xDS transport protocol due to our expertise and existing infrastructure, and because the protocol is well suited to our needs.

However, while we chose to use the xDS *transport protocol*, we chose to not use the xDS resource types, such as Clusters and Listeners.

    This way, multiple dependencies can have different scopes, even when used in the
    same *path operation*. And with this, you can access all the scopes required in
    all those dependencies in a single place.

    Read more about it in the
    [FastAPI docs for OAuth2 scopes](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/advanced/security/oauth2-scopes/).
    """

    def __init__(
        self,

     *
     * <ul>
     *   <li>If {@link #MODULES} path type is also set, then the dependency can be placed either on the
     *       class-path or on the module-path, but only one of those. The choice is up to the plugin,
     *       possibly using heuristic rules (Maven 3 behavior).</li>
     *   <li>If a {@link #patchModule(String)} is also set and the main JAR file is placed on the module-path,

  }

  /**
   * Returns the total number of times that {@link Cache} lookup methods attempted to load new
   * values. This includes both successful load operations and those that threw exceptions. This is
   * defined as {@code loadSuccessCount + loadExceptionCount}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> the values of the metrics are undefined in case of overflow (though it is

  }

  /**
   * Returns the total number of times that {@link Cache} lookup methods attempted to load new
   * values. This includes both successful load operations and those that threw exceptions. This is
   * defined as {@code loadSuccessCount + loadExceptionCount}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> the values of the metrics are undefined in case of overflow (though it is

       *   either this Future was cancelled (which we ruled out with the isCancelled check above),
       *   or it had already failed. (It couldn't have completed *successfully* or even had
       *   setFuture called on it: Neither of those can happen until we've finished processing all
       *   the completed inputs. And we're still processing at least one input, the one that
       *   triggered handleException.)
       *

* `/items/{item_id}`

...as we intended.

* They will be marked with a list of tags that contain a single string `"items"`.
    * These "tags" are especially useful for the automatic interactive documentation systems (using OpenAPI).
* All of them will include the predefined `responses`.
* All these *path operations* will have the list of `dependencies` evaluated/executed before them.

   * TreeMultimap#create(Comparator, Comparator)} won't suffice.
   *
   * <p>Note: the multimap assumes complete ownership over of {@code map} and the collections
   * returned by {@code factory}. Those objects should not be manually updated and they should not
   * use soft, weak, or phantom references.
   *
   * @param map place to store the mapping from each key to its corresponding values

process ends, those variables are part of one or more initialization cycles,
and the program is not valid.
</p>

<p>
Multiple variables on the left-hand side of a variable declaration initialized
by single (multi-valued) expression on the right-hand side are initialized
together: If any of the variables on the left-hand side is initialized, all
those variables are initialized in the same step.
</p>