import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
import java.util.stream.Collector;
import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@link Map} instances (including instances of {@link
 * SortedMap}, {@link BiMap}, etc.). Also see this class's counterparts {@link Lists}, {@link Sets}
 * and {@link Queues}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

 *       instance of {@link HashCode}.
 *   <li><b>pure function:</b> the value produced must depend only on the input bytes, in the order
 *       they appear. Input data is never modified. {@link HashFunction} instances should always be
 *       stateless, and therefore thread-safe.
 *   <li><b>collision-averse:</b> while it can't be helped that a hash function will sometimes

			a[na] = s
			na++
			break
		}
		_, size = utf8.DecodeRune(s)
		a[na] = s[0:size:size]
		s = s[size:]
		na++
	}
	return a[0:na]
}

// Count counts the number of non-overlapping instances of sep in s.
// If sep is an empty slice, Count returns 1 + the number of UTF-8-encoded code points in s.
func Count(s, sep []byte) int {
	// special case
	if len(sep) == 0 {
		return utf8.RuneCount(s) + 1
	}

          OutElementT extends @Nullable Object,
          OutSpliteratorT extends Spliterator<OutElementT>>
      implements Spliterator<OutElementT> {
    /** Factory for constructing {@link FlatMapSpliterator} instances. */
    interface Factory<InElementT extends @Nullable Object, OutSpliteratorT extends Spliterator<?>> {
      OutSpliteratorT newFlatMapSpliterator(
          @Nullable OutSpliteratorT prefix,

   */
  public static <E extends Comparable<?>> Builder<E> naturalOrder() {
    return new Builder<>(Ordering.natural());
  }

  /**
   * A builder for creating immutable multiset instances, especially {@code public static final}
   * multisets ("constant multisets"). Example:
   *
   * {@snippet :
   * public static final ImmutableSortedMultiset<Bean> BEANS =

   */
  public static <K extends Comparable<?>, V> Builder<K, V> reverseOrder() {
    return new Builder<>(Ordering.<K>natural().reverse());
  }

  /**
   * A builder for creating immutable sorted map instances, especially {@code public static final}
   * maps ("constant maps"). Example:
   *
   * {@snippet :
   * static final ImmutableSortedMap<Integer, String> INT_TO_WORD =

 * then reverse that result.
 *
 * <h3>Additional notes</h3>
 *
 * <p>Except as noted, the orderings returned by the factory methods of this class are serializable
 * if and only if the provided instances that back them are. For example, if {@code ordering} and
 * {@code function} can themselves be serialized, then {@code ordering.onResultOf(function)} can as
 * well.
 *
 * <h3>Java 8+ users</h3>
 *

          OutElementT extends @Nullable Object,
          OutSpliteratorT extends Spliterator<OutElementT>>
      implements Spliterator<OutElementT> {
    /** Factory for constructing {@link FlatMapSpliterator} instances. */
    @IgnoreJRERequirement // should be redundant with the annotations on *both* enclosing classes
    interface Factory<InElementT extends @Nullable Object, OutSpliteratorT extends Spliterator<?>> {

 * then reverse that result.
 *
 * <h3>Additional notes</h3>
 *
 * <p>Except as noted, the orderings returned by the factory methods of this class are serializable
 * if and only if the provided instances that back them are. For example, if {@code ordering} and
 * {@code function} can themselves be serialized, then {@code ordering.onResultOf(function)} can as
 * well.
 *
 * <h3>Java 8+ users</h3>
 *

import java.util.function.Consumer;
import java.util.stream.Collector;
import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static utility methods pertaining to {@link Map} instances (including instances of {@link
 * SortedMap}, {@link BiMap}, etc.). Also see this class's counterparts {@link Lists}, {@link Sets}
 * and {@link Queues}.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=