}

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code short} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of {@code ((Short) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Short#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code short} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code short} to compare

* e2e: fix error checking in kubelet stats ([#24205](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24205), [@yujuhong](https://github.com/yujuhong))
* Trusty: Avoid unnecessary in-memory temp files ([#24144](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/24144), [@andyzheng0831](https://github.com/andyzheng0831))

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code int} values, treating them as unsigned values between {@code
   * 0} and {@code 2^32 - 1} inclusive.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Integer#compareUnsigned(int, int)} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first unsigned {@code int} to compare

 *       access, and lastly speed of creation.
 *   <li>The {@code copyOf} methods will sometimes recognize that the actual copy operation is
 *       unnecessary; for example, {@code copyOf(copyOf(anArrayList))} should copy the data only
 *       once. This reduces the expense of habitually making defensive copies at API boundaries.

 * guarantee that the new value will be fully visible to the other threads. To guarantee that
 * modifications are visible, synchronize access to the table. Unlike other {@code Table}
 * implementations, synchronization is unnecessary between a thread that writes to one cell and a
 * thread that reads from another.
 *
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=

## Changelog since v1.3.8

### Other notable changes

* Test x509 intermediates correctly ([#34524](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34524), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* Remove headers that are unnecessary for proxy target ([#34076](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/34076), [@mbohlool](https://github.com/mbohlool))



# v1.3.8

    need them to handle redirects.


## Version 2.7.1

_2016-01-01_

 *  Fix: Don't do a health check on newly-created connections. This is
    unnecessary work that could put the client in an inconsistent state if the
    health check fails.


## Version 2.7.0

_2015-12-13_

 *  **Rewritten connection management.** Previously OkHttp's connection pool

  }

  /**
   * Compares the two specified {@code char} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of {@code ((Character) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Character#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code char} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code char} to compare

 *
 *  * http://host:80/
 *
 *  * http://host
 *
 * Both the unnecessary port specification (`:80`) and the absent trailing slash (`/`) cause URI to
 * bucket the two URLs separately. This harms URI's usefulness in collections. Any application that
 * stores information-per-URL will need to either canonicalize manually, or suffer unnecessary
 * redundancy for such URLs.
 *

   *     matching characters in {@code sequence}
   * @return the new string
   */
  public String collapseFrom(CharSequence sequence, char replacement) {
    // This implementation avoids unnecessary allocation.
    int len = sequence.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      char c = sequence.charAt(i);
      if (matches(c)) {