* IllegalArgumentException} if passed a {@code fromElement} smaller than an earlier {@code
   * fromElement}. However, this method doesn't throw an exception in that situation, but instead
   * keeps the original {@code fromElement}. Similarly, this method keeps the original {@code
   * toElement}, instead of throwing an exception, if passed a {@code toElement} greater than an
   * earlier {@code toElement}.
   */
  @Override

  public static boolean isUpperCase(char c) {
    return (c >= 'A') && (c <= 'Z');
  }

  /**
   * Truncates the given character sequence to the given maximum length. If the length of the
   * sequence is greater than {@code maxLength}, the returned string will be exactly {@code
   * maxLength} chars in length and will end with the given {@code truncationIndicator}. Otherwise,

 * the permits issued each second steadily increases until it hits the stable rate.
 *
 * <p>As an example, imagine that we have a list of tasks to execute, but we don't want to submit
 * more than 2 per second:
 *
 * <pre>{@code
 * final RateLimiter rateLimiter = RateLimiter.create(2.0); // rate is "2 permits per second"
 * void submitTasks(List<Runnable> tasks, Executor executor) {
 *   for (Runnable task : tasks) {

  @Deprecated
  public final ComparisonChain compare(Boolean left, Boolean right) {
    return compareFalseFirst(left, right);
  }

  /**
   * Compares two {@code boolean} values, considering {@code true} to be less than {@code false},
   * <i>if</i> the result of this comparison chain has not already been determined.
   *
   * <p>Java 8+ users: you can get the equivalent from {@link Booleans#trueFirst()}. For example:
   *
   * <pre>

   * @param position position of the element to return
   * @param defaultValue the default value to return if {@code position} is greater than or equal to
   *     the size of the iterable
   * @return the element at the specified position in {@code iterable} or {@code defaultValue} if
   *     {@code iterable} contains fewer than {@code position + 1} elements.
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative
   * @since 4.0
   */

 *       amounts of computation (creating a thread, calling a few methods, etc) needed to reach a
 *       timeout point. Similarly, a SMALL is always discriminable as larger than SHORT and smaller
 *       than MEDIUM. And so on. These constants are set to conservative values, but even so, if
 *       there is ever any doubt, they can all be increased in one spot to rerun tests on slower
 *       platforms.

    assertEquals(4, list.lastIndexOf("b"));
  }

  public void testCopyOfDefensiveCopy() {
    // Depending on JDK version, either toArray() or toArray(T[]) may be called... use this class
    // rather than mocking to ensure that one of those methods is called.
    class TestArrayList<E> extends ArrayList<E> {
      boolean toArrayCalled = false;

      @Override
      public Object[] toArray() {

    if (componentType instanceof WildcardType) {
      WildcardType wildcard = (WildcardType) componentType;
      Type[] lowerBounds = wildcard.getLowerBounds();
      checkArgument(lowerBounds.length <= 1, "Wildcard cannot have more than one lower bounds.");
      if (lowerBounds.length == 1) {
        return supertypeOf(newArrayType(lowerBounds[0]));
      } else {
        Type[] upperBounds = wildcard.getUpperBounds();

   * message must mention two values that were associated with the duplicate key in two different
   * calls to Builder.put (though we don't really care *which* two values if there were more than
   * two). These considerations lead us to have a field of type DuplicateKey in the Builder, which
   * will remember the first duplicate key we encountered. All later calls to buildOrThrow() can

      @Override
      void visitClass(Class<?> fromClass) {
        if (to instanceof WildcardType) {
          return; // Okay to say Foo is <?>
        }
        // Can't map from a raw class to anything other than itself or a wildcard.
        // You can't say "assuming String is Integer".
        // And we don't support "assuming String is T"; user has to say "assuming T is String".