not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
      (an example is provided in the Appendix below).

      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

      "Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in Source or
      Object form, made available under the License, as indicated by a
      copyright notice that is included in or attached to the work
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      not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation,
      and conversions to other media types.

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   * this method is made for; it instead generates a best-effort string with all supplied argument
   * values present. This method is also useful in environments such as GWT where {@code
   * String.format} is not available. As an example, method implementations of the {@link
   * Preconditions} class use this formatter, for both of the reasons just discussed.
   *

   * changes to it will <i>not</i> be reflected in this {@code HashCode} object or any other arrays
   * returned by this method.
   */
  // TODO(user): consider ByteString here, when that is available
  public abstract byte[] asBytes();

  /**
   * Copies bytes from this hash code into {@code dest}.
   *
   * @param dest the byte array into which the hash code will be written

   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> When feasible, {@code initialCapacity} should be the exact number
   * of values that will be added, if that knowledge is readily available. It is better to guess a
   * value slightly too high than slightly too low. If the value is not exact, the {@link
   * ImmutableLongArray} that is built will very likely occupy more memory than strictly necessary;