// The safe range is empty or the all safe code points lie in or above the
      // surrogate range. Either way the character range is empty.
      this.safeMinChar = Character.MAX_VALUE;
      this.safeMaxChar = 0;
    } else {
      // The safe range is non-empty and contains values below the surrogate
      // range but may extend above it. We may need to clip the maximum value.
      this.safeMinChar = (char) safeMin;

                    (byte) 0x01, // up to here, same bytes as above
                (byte) 0x01, (byte) 0x02, (byte) 0x03, (byte) 0x04,
                (byte) 0x05, (byte) 0x06, (byte) 0x07, (byte) 0x08
              },
              0x89abcdef,
              0x0123456789abcdefL, // asInt/asLong as above, due to equal eight first bytes
              "efcdab89674523010102030405060708"),

    // enclosing, exterior
    assertEquals(range, range.intersection(Range.closed(2, 10)));

    // overlap above
    assertEquals(Range.closed(6, 8), range.intersection(Range.closed(6, 10)));

    // adjacent above
    assertEquals(Range.openClosed(8, 8), range.intersection(Range.openClosed(8, 10)));

    // separate above
    expected =
        assertThrows(

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