* following constraints. This is the callers responsibility and is not enforced here.
   *
   * <ul>
   *   <li>Both {@code xStats} and {@code yStats} must have the same {@code count}.
   *   <li>If that {@code count} is 1, {@code sumOfProductsOfDeltas} must be exactly 0.0.
   *   <li>If that {@code count} is more than 1, {@code sumOfProductsOfDeltas} must be finite.
   * </ul>
   */

     * be created automatically.
     *
     * @param output The file to serialize the settings to, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for serialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @param settings The settings to serialize, must not be {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the settings could not be serialized.
     */

  };

  /**
   * Returns {@code n} choose {@code k}, also known as the binomial coefficient of {@code n} and
   * {@code k}, or {@link Long#MAX_VALUE} if the result does not fit in a {@code long}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code n < 0}, {@code k < 0}, or {@code k > n}
   */
  public static long binomial(int n, int k) {
    checkNonNegative("n", n);

     * @throws IllegalArgumentException in case of parameter {@code request} is {@code null} or parameter
     *             {@code localRepository} is {@code null} or {@code localRepository} is not a directory
     *             or parameter {@code mavenArtifacts} is {@code null} or
     *             {@code mavenArtifacts.isEmpty()} is {@code true}.
     */

 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The methods of {@code ForwardingSet} forward <b>indiscriminately</b> to the
 * methods of the delegate. For example, overriding {@link #add} alone <b>will not</b> change the
 * behavior of {@link #addAll}, which can lead to unexpected behavior. In this case, you should
 * override {@code addAll} as well, either providing your own implementation, or delegating to the
 * provided {@code standardAddAll} method.
 *

  /**
   * If this hashcode has enough bits, returns {@code asLong()}, otherwise returns a {@code long}
   * value with {@code asBytes()} as the least-significant bytes and {@code 0x00} as the remaining
   * most-significant bytes.
   *
   * @since 14.0 (since 11.0 as {@code Hashing.padToLong(HashCode)})
   */
  public abstract long padToLong();

  /**
   * Returns the value of this hash code as a byte array. The caller may modify the byte array;

     * @return an {@code ArtifactCoordinates}, never {@code null}
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code request} is null or {@code request.session} is null or invalid
     */
    @Nonnull
    ArtifactCoordinates create(@Nonnull ArtifactCoordinatesFactoryRequest request);

    /**
     * Creates coordinates out of string that is formatted like:

     *
     * @return {@code true} if remote access has been disabled, {@code false} otherwise.
     */
    boolean isOffline();

    /**
     * Enables/disables network access to remote repositories.
     *
     * @param offline {@code true} to disable remote access, {@code false} to allow network access.
     * @return This request, never {@code null}.
     */

    }
    return this;
  }

  /**
   * Adds each member of {@code elements} as a candidate for the top {@code k} elements. This
   * operation takes amortized linear time in the length of {@code elements}.
   *
   * <p>If all input data to this {@code TopKSelector} is in a single {@code Iterable}, prefer
   * {@link Ordering#leastOf(Iterable, int)}, which provides a simpler API for that use case.
   */

 * try-with-resources. To get the equivalent of that, you must wrap the above code in <i>another</i>
 * try block in order to catch any exception that may be thrown (including from the call to {@code
 * close()}).
 *
 * <p>This pattern ensures the following:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>Each {@code Closeable} resource that is successfully registered will be closed later.
 *   <li>If a {@code Throwable} is thrown in the try block, no exceptions that occur when attempting