* {@link FinalizableReference#finalizeReferent()} on them.
 *
 * <p>Keep a strong reference to this object until all of the associated referents have been
 * finalized. If this object is garbage collected earlier, the backing thread will not invoke {@code
 * finalizeReferent()} on the remaining references.
 *
 * <p>As an example of how this is used, imagine you have a class {@code MyServer} that creates a

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

  /**
   * Returns an {@link ElementOrder} that specifies the order of iteration for the elements of
   * {@link #edges()}, {@link #adjacentNodes(Object)}, {@link #predecessors(Object)}, {@link
   * #successors(Object)} and {@link #incidentEdges(Object)}.
   *
   * @since 29.0
   */
  @Override
  ElementOrder<N> incidentEdgeOrder();

  //
  // Element-level accessors
  //

  /**

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

/*
 * Copyright 2012-2024 CodeLibs Project and the Others.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,

						continue
					}

					ready, err := containerReady(&pod, inject.ProxyContainerName)
					if err != nil {
						fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Pod %s: %s\n", kname(pod.ObjectMeta), err)
						continue
					}
					if !ready {
						fmt.Fprintf(writer, "WARNING: Pod %s Container %s NOT READY\n", kname(pod.ObjectMeta), inject.ProxyContainerName)
						continue
					}

is data "<abbr title="also called marshalling, conversion">serialization</abbr>" which is taking data from the code (Python) and converting it into something that can be sent through the network. For example, converting an object containing data from a database into a JSON object. Converting `datetime` objects into strings, etc.

Another big feature needed by APIs is data validation, making sure that the data is valid, given certain parameters. For example, that some field is an `int`, and...

      return differences;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object == this) {
        return true;
      }
      if (object instanceof MapDifference) {
        MapDifference<?, ?> other = (MapDifference<?, ?>) object;
        return entriesOnlyOnLeft().equals(other.entriesOnlyOnLeft())

      return differences;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(@CheckForNull Object object) {
      if (object == this) {
        return true;
      }
      if (object instanceof MapDifference) {
        MapDifference<?, ?> other = (MapDifference<?, ?>) object;
        return entriesOnlyOnLeft().equals(other.entriesOnlyOnLeft())