*
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Short#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code short} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code short} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */

   * #previous()} can retrieve the preceding {@code position} elements.
   *
   * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if {@code position} is negative or is greater than {@code
   *     size}
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code size} is negative
   */
  protected AbstractIndexedListIterator(int size, int position) {
    checkPositionIndex(position, size);

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Character#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code char} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code char} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */

  Set<E> inEdges();

  Set<E> outEdges();

  /**
   * Returns the set of edges connecting the origin node to {@code node}. For networks without
   * parallel edges, this set cannot be of size greater than one.
   */
  Set<E> edgesConnecting(N node);

  /**
   * Returns the node that is adjacent to the origin node along {@code edge}.
   *
   * <p>In the directed case, {@code edge} is assumed to be an outgoing edge.

import java.util.List;
import java.util.RandomAccess;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static methods pertaining to sorted {@link List} instances.
 *
 * <p>In this documentation, the terms <i>greatest</i>, <i>greater</i>, <i>least</i>, and
 * <i>lesser</i> are considered to refer to the comparator on the elements, and the terms
 * <i>first</i> and <i>last</i> are considered to refer to the elements' ordering in a list.
 *

   * Compares the two specified {@code double} values. The sign of the value returned is the same as
   * that of <code>((Double) a).{@linkplain Double#compareTo compareTo}(b)</code>. As with that
   * method, {@code NaN} is treated as greater than all other values, and {@code 0.0 > -0.0}.
   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method simply delegates to the JDK method {@link Double#compare}. It is

 * using the latest values obtained from {@link IteratorTester#newTargetIterator()}.
 *
 * <p>The value you pass to the parameter {@code steps} should be greater than the length of your
 * iterator, so that this class can check that your iterator behaves correctly when it is exhausted.
 *
 * <p>For example, to test {@link java.util.Collections#unmodifiableList(java.util.List)

   *
   * <p><b>Note:</b> this method is now unnecessary and should be treated as deprecated; use the
   * equivalent {@link Integer#compare} method instead.
   *
   * @param a the first {@code int} to compare
   * @param b the second {@code int} to compare
   * @return a negative value if {@code a} is less than {@code b}; a positive value if {@code a} is
   *     greater than {@code b}; or zero if they are equal
   */

   *
   * <p>For undirected networks, this is equal to {@code incidentEdges(node).size()} + (number of
   * self-loops incident to {@code node}).
   *
   * <p>If the count is greater than {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE}, returns {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code node} is not an element of this network
   */
  int degree(N node);

  /**

   *
   * @param duration the length of time after an entry is created that it should be automatically
   *     removed
   * @return this {@code CacheBuilder} instance (for chaining)
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code duration} is negative
   * @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #expireAfterWrite} was already set
   * @throws ArithmeticException for durations greater than +/- approximately 292 years