* opening the data stream.
   *
   * <p>The default implementation returns {@link Optional#absent}. Some sources, such as a {@code
   * CharSequence}, may return a non-absent value. Note that in such cases, it is <i>possible</i>
   * that this method will return a different number of chars than would be returned by reading all
   * of the chars.
   *

  val tag: Long,
  /** Encode and decode the value once tags are handled. */
  private val codec: Codec<T>,
  /** True if the default value should be used if this value is absent during decoding. */
  val isOptional: Boolean = false,
  /** The value to return if this value is absent. Undefined unless this is optional. */
  val defaultValue: T? = null,
  /** True to set the encoded or decoded value as the type hint for the current SEQUENCE. */

   * Returns the size of this source in bytes, if the size can be easily determined without actually
   * opening the data stream.
   *
   * <p>The default implementation returns {@link Optional#absent}. Some sources, such as a file,
   * may return a non-absent value. Note that in such cases, it is <i>possible</i> that this method
   * will return a different number of bytes than would be returned by reading all of the bytes (for

        com.google.common.base.Optional.absent(),
        generator.generateFresh(new TypeToken<com.google.common.base.Optional<String>>() {}));
    assertEquals(
        com.google.common.base.Optional.of("2"),
        generator.generateFresh(new TypeToken<com.google.common.base.Optional<String>>() {}));
    // Test that the first generated instance for different cgcb.Optional<T> is always absent().

    }
    assertEquals(
        "A Set's hashCode() should be the sum of those of its elements.",
        expectedHashCode,
        getSet().hashCode());
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(absent = CollectionSize.ZERO)
  @CollectionFeature.Require(ALLOWS_NULL_VALUES)
  public void testHashCode_containingNull() {
    Collection<E> elements = getSampleElements(getNumElements() - 1);
    int expectedHashCode = 0;

    return implied;
  }

  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Inherited
  @TesterAnnotation
  public @interface Require {
    CollectionFeature[] value() default {};

    CollectionFeature[] absent() default {};
  }

    return implied;
  }

  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Inherited
  @TesterAnnotation
  public @interface Require {
    SetFeature[] value() default {};

    SetFeature[] absent() default {};
  }

    return implied;
  }

  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Inherited
  @TesterAnnotation
  public @interface Require {
    ListFeature[] value() default {};

    ListFeature[] absent() default {};
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(ZERO)
  public void testIsEmpty_yes() {
    assertTrue("isEmpty() should return true", collection.isEmpty());
  }

  @CollectionSize.Require(absent = ZERO)
  public void testIsEmpty_no() {
    assertFalse("isEmpty() should return false", collection.isEmpty());
  }

    return implied;
  }

  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Inherited
  @TesterAnnotation
  public @interface Require {
    MultimapFeature[] value() default {};

    MultimapFeature[] absent() default {};
  }