// Class.cast is not supported in GWT.
  static void checkCast(Class<?> clazz, Object obj) {}

  static <T> T[] clone(T[] array) {
    return (T[]) Arrays.copyOfRange(array, 0, array.length);
  }

  // TODO: Consolidate different copies in one single place.
  static String format(String template, Object... args) {
    // start substituting the arguments into the '%s' placeholders

     *
     * @param src the source data array
     * @param soff the offset in the source array
     * @param slen the length of data to process
     * @param dst the destination array for the result
     * @param doff the offset in the destination array
     */
    public void update(final byte[] src, int soff, final int slen, final byte[] dst, int doff) {

    }
  }

  protected E[] createSamplesArray() {
    E[] array = getSubjectGenerator().createArray(getNumElements());
    getSampleElements().toArray(array);
    return array;
  }

  protected E[] createOrderedArray() {
    E[] array = getSubjectGenerator().createArray(getNumElements());
    getOrderedElements().toArray(array);
    return array;
  }

    }
  }

  /**
   * @return an array of the proper size with {@code null} as the key of the middle element.
   */
  protected Entry<K, V>[] createArrayWithNullKey() {
    Entry<K, V>[] array = createSamplesArray();
    int nullKeyLocation = getNullLocation();
    Entry<K, V> oldEntry = array[nullKeyLocation];
    array[nullKeyLocation] = entry(null, oldEntry.getValue());
    return array;
  }

  protected V getValueForNullKey() {

    /**
     * Converts the list to an array.
     *
     * @param array the array to store the elements. A new array of the same runtime type is allocated if the array is not large enough.
     * @return the array
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public E[] toArray(E[] array) {
        if (array.length < size) {
            array = (E[]) Array.newInstance(array.getClass().getComponentType(), size);
        }

    resetContainer();
  }

  /**
   * @return an array of the proper size with {@code null} inserted into the middle element.
   */
  protected E[] createArrayWithNullElement() {
    E[] array = createSamplesArray();
    array[getNullLocation()] = null;
    return array;
  }

  protected void initCollectionWithNullElement() {
    E[] array = createArrayWithNullElement();

    resetContainer();
  }

  /**
   * @return an array of the proper size with {@code null} inserted into the middle element.
   */
  protected E[] createArrayWithNullElement() {
    E[] array = createSamplesArray();
    array[getNullLocation()] = null;
    return array;
  }

  protected void initCollectionWithNullElement() {
    E[] array = createArrayWithNullElement();

        return new String(c);
    }

    /**
     * Converts a byte array to a hexadecimal string representation.
     *
     * @param src the source byte array to convert
     * @param srcIndex the starting index in the source array
     * @param size the number of bytes to convert from the source array
     * @return a hexadecimal string representation of the byte array
     */

    "fffe".decodeHex(),
    // UTF-32BE.
    "0000feff".decodeHex(),
  )

/**
 * Returns an array containing only elements found in this array and also in [other]. The returned
 * elements are in the same order as in this.
 */
internal fun Array<String>.intersect(
  other: Array<String>,
  comparator: Comparator<in String>,
): Array<String> {
  val result = mutableListOf<String>()
  for (a in this) {
    for (b in other) {

| header_1        | msgp bin array              | Header of version 1
| metadata_1      | msgp bin array              | Metadata of version 1
| ...header_n     | msgp bin array              | Header of last version
| ...metadata_n   | msgp bin array              | Metadata of last version

Each header contains a mspg array (tuple) encoded object:

xlHeaderVersion version == 1:

```