#### Utility: compare with alternatives


        There is always *some* alternative to adding a new feature to Guava, even if it's just
        forking Guava yourself.


        We want to see that new features have some significant advantage over the alternatives.
        These advantages can take

        this.source = location.getSource() != null ? new InputSource(location.getSource()) : null;
        this.locations = location.getLocations().isEmpty()
                ? null
                : location.getLocations().entrySet().stream()
                        .collect(Collectors.toMap(
                                e -> e.getKey(),
                                e -> e.getValue() == location ? this : new InputLocation(e.getValue())));

    }

    /**
     * Adds a new duplicate host rule to the list.
     * Initializes the list if it doesn't exist.
     *
     * @param duplicateHost the duplicate host rule to add
     */
    public void add(final DuplicateHost duplicateHost) {
        if (duplicateHostList == null) {
            duplicateHostList = new ArrayList<>();
        }
        duplicateHostList.add(duplicateHost);
    }

    }

    private VersionsMetadataGenerator(RepositorySystemSession session, Collection<? extends Metadata> metadatas) {
        versions = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        processedVersions = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        timestamp = (Date) ConfigUtils.getObject(session, new Date(), "maven.startTime");

        /*
         * NOTE: This should be considered a quirk to support interop with Maven's legacy ArtifactDeployer which

      Map<AnEnum, String> map = new HashMap<>();
      for (Entry<AnEnum, String> entry : entries) {
        map.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
      }
      return Maps.immutableEnumMap(map);
    }
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // suite
  @AndroidIncompatible // test-suite builders
  public static Test suite() {
    TestSuite suite = new TestSuite();
    suite.addTest(

  @Override
  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  Object writeReplace() {
    return new EnumSerializedForm<>(delegate);
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible // serialization
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws InvalidObjectException {
    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use EnumSerializedForm");
  }

  /*
   * This class is used to serialize ImmutableEnumMap instances.

    return policy == Policies.DISABLED
        ? new ReentrantReadWriteLock(fair)
        : new CycleDetectingReentrantReadWriteLock(new LockGraphNode(lockName), fair);
  }

  // A static mapping from an Enum type to its set of LockGraphNodes.
  private static final ConcurrentMap<
          Class<? extends Enum<?>>, Map<? extends Enum<?>, LockGraphNode>>
      lockGraphNodesPerType = new MapMaker().weakKeys().makeMap();

        validateInputStream(in);
        try (final org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor wordExtractor = new org.apache.poi.hwpf.extractor.WordExtractor(in)) {
            return new ExtractData(wordExtractor.getText());
        } catch (final IOException e) {
            throw new ExtractException("Failed to extract text from Word document.", e);
        }
    }

  @Override
  public SampleElements<String> samples() {
    return new Strings();
  }

  @Override
  public List<String> create(Object... elements) {
    String[] array = new String[elements.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object e : elements) {
      array[i++] = (String) e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  /**
   * Creates a new collection containing the given elements; implement this method instead of {@link

  @Override
  public SampleElements<Character> samples() {
    return new Chars();
  }

  @Override
  public List<Character> create(Object... elements) {
    Character[] array = new Character[elements.length];
    int i = 0;
    for (Object e : elements) {
      array[i++] = (Character) e;
    }
    return create(array);
  }

  /**