/**
     * Write operations go directly to persistent storage
     */
    public static final int FILE_WRITE_THROUGH = 0x2;
    /**
     * Access to the file is sequential only
     */
    public static final int FILE_SEQUENTIAL_ONLY = 0x4;
    /**
     * File cannot be cached or buffered at intermediate levels
     */

/**
 * Static utility methods related to {@code Stream} instances.
 *
 * @since 21.0 (but only since 33.4.0 in the Android flavor)
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Streams {
  /**
   * Returns a sequential {@link Stream} of the contents of {@code iterable}, delegating to {@link
   * Collection#stream} if possible.
   */
  public static <T extends @Nullable Object> Stream<T> stream(Iterable<T> iterable) {

    return (fromList instanceof RandomAccess)
        ? new TransformingRandomAccessList<>(fromList, function)
        : new TransformingSequentialList<>(fromList, function);
  }

  /**
   * Implementation of a sequential transforming list.
   *
   * @see Lists#transform
   */
  private static final class TransformingSequentialList<
          F extends @Nullable Object, T extends @Nullable Object>

        assertEquals(16, secureNonce1.length, "GCM secure nonce should be 16 bytes");
        assertFalse(Arrays.equals(secureNonce1, secureNonce2), "Secure nonces should be different");

        // Verify randomness (not sequential)
        boolean hasNonZeroPadding = false;
        for (int i = 8; i < secureNonce1.length; i++) {
            if (secureNonce1[i] != 0) {
                hasNonZeroPadding = true;
                break;

- github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir: [v1.1.0](https://github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir/tree/v1.1.0)
- github.com/moby/sys/sequential: [v0.5.0](https://github.com/moby/sys/tree/sequential/v0.5.0)
- github.com/open-policy-agent/opa: [v0.67.1](https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/tree/v0.67.1)
- github.com/pelletier/go-toml: [v1.9.5](https://github.com/pelletier/go-toml/tree/v1.9.5)

* Fixes API compatibility issue with empty lists incorrectly returning a null `items` field instead of an empty array. ([#39834](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/39834), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))
* AWS: Add sequential allocator for device names. ([#38818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38818), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

* Recognize ca-central-1 region ([#38410](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38410), [@justinsb](https://github.com/justinsb))
* Add sequential allocator for device names. ([#38818](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/38818), [@jsafrane](https://github.com/jsafrane))

#### Azure

* Fixed a race condition in k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache.SharedInformer that could violate the sequential delivery guarantee and cause panics on shutdown in Kubernetes 1.8.* and 1.9.*. ([#59828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59828), [@krousey](https://github.com/krousey))

- Azure VMSS LoadBalancerBackendAddressPools updating has been improved with sequential-sync + concurrent-async requests. ([#88699](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/88699), [@feiskyer](https://github.com/feiskyer)) [SIG Cloud Provider]

* Fixed a race condition in k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache.SharedInformer that could violate the sequential delivery guarantee and cause panics on shutdown. ([#59828](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/59828), [@krousey](https://github.com/krousey))