*
     * @return The global settings file or {@code null} if none.
     */
    File getGlobalSettingsFile();

    /**
     * Sets the global settings file. A non-existent settings file is equivalent to empty settings. If both user
     * settings and global settings are given, the user settings take precedence.
     *
     * @param globalSettingsFile The global settings file, may be {@code null} to disable global settings.

          || (a = as[(n - 1) & hc[0]]) == null
          || !(uncontended = a.cas(v = a.value, v + x))) retryUpdate(x, hc, uncontended);
    }
  }

  /** Equivalent to {@code add(1)}. */
  @Override
  public void increment() {
    add(1L);
  }

  /** Equivalent to {@code add(-1)}. */
  public void decrement() {
    add(-1L);
  }

  /**

   *     permits become available per second
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permitsPerSecond} is negative or zero
   */
  // TODO(user): "This is equivalent to
  // {@code createWithCapacity(permitsPerSecond, 1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)}".
  public static RateLimiter create(double permitsPerSecond) {
    /*

   * that of {@code ((Character) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <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

   * that of {@code ((Short) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <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

   * that of {@code ((Short) a).compareTo(b)}.
   *
   * <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

 * {@link #callAndAssertBlocks} method is ever called in a test, the lock-like object must have a
 * method equivalent to {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock#hasQueuedThread(Thread)}. If
 * the {@link #callAndAssertWaits} method is ever called in a test, the lock-like object must have a
 * method equivalent to {@link
 * java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock#hasWaiters(java.util.concurrent.locks.Condition)},

   * implicit).
   */
  protected Ordering() {}

  // Instance-based factories (and any static equivalents)

  /**
   * Returns the reverse of this ordering; the {@code Ordering} equivalent to {@link
   * Collections#reverseOrder(Comparator)}.
   *
   * <p><b>Java 8+ users:</b> Use {@code thisComparator.reversed()} instead.
   */

    88,
    83,
    79,
    76,
    74,
    72,
    70,
    69,
    68,
    67,
    67,
    66,
    66,
    66,
    66
  };

  /**
   * Generates values in a distribution equivalent to randomNonNegativeBigInteger but omitting zero.
   */
  static BigInteger randomPositiveBigInteger(int numBits) {
    BigInteger result;
    do {
      result = randomNonNegativeBigInteger(numBits);

   * stream is empty.
   *
   * <p>Equivalent to {@code stream.reduce((a, b) -> b)}, but may perform significantly better. This
   * method's runtime will be between O(log n) and O(n), performing better on <a
   * href="http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/html/StreamParallelGuidance.html">efficiently splittable</a>
   * streams.
   *
   * <p>If the stream has nondeterministic order, this has equivalent semantics to {@link