checkArgument(
        implementations.put(type, implementation) == null,
        "Implementation for %s was already registered",
        type);
  }

  static {
    setImplementation(Appendable.class, StringBuilder.class);
    setImplementation(BlockingQueue.class, LinkedBlockingDeque.class);
    setImplementation(BlockingDeque.class, LinkedBlockingDeque.class);
    setImplementation(ConcurrentMap.class, ConcurrentHashMap.class);

   * characters can be read, the remaining characters are returned and the stream is closed.
   */
  private fun readAscii(
    inputStream: InputStream,
    count: Int,
  ): String {
    val result = StringBuilder()
    for (i in 0 until count) {
      val value = inputStream.read()
      if (value == -1) {
        inputStream.close()
        break
      }
      result.append(value.toChar())
    }