* </ul>
 *
 * <p>Several lesser-used features are currently available only as static methods on the {@link
 * Iterables} class.
 *
 * <p><a id="streams"></a>
 *
 * <h3>Comparison to streams</h3>
 *
 * <p>Starting with Java 8, the core Java class libraries provide a new "Streams" library (in {@code
 * java.util.stream}), which is similar to {@code FluentIterable} but generally more powerful. Key

 * </ul>
 *
 * <p>Several lesser-used features are currently available only as static methods on the {@link
 * Iterables} class.
 *
 * <p><a id="streams"></a>
 *
 * <h3>Comparison to streams</h3>
 *
 * <p>{@link Stream} is similar to this class, but generally more powerful, and certainly more
 * standard. Key differences include:
 *
 * <ul>

 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> as with any sorted collection, you are strongly advised not to use a {@link
 * Comparator} or {@link Comparable} type whose comparison behavior is <i>inconsistent with
 * equals</i>. That is, {@code a.compareTo(b)} or {@code comparator.compare(a, b)} should equal zero
 * <i>if and only if</i> {@code a.equals(b)}. If this advice is not followed, the resulting

</p>

<h3 id="Comparison_operators">Comparison operators</h3>

<p>
Comparison operators compare two operands and yield an untyped boolean value.
</p>

<pre class="grammar">
==    equal
!=    not equal
&lt;     less
&lt;=    less or equal
&gt;     greater
&gt;=    greater or equal
</pre>

<p>
In any comparison, the first operand

import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;

/**
 * Static methods to obtain {@link HashFunction} instances, and other static hashing-related
 * utilities.
 *
 * <p>A comparison of the various hash functions can be found <a
 * href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_q2EVcxA2HjcrlVMbaqXwMj31h9M5-Bqj_m8vITOwwk/">here</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Dimitris Andreou

 * Comparable#compareTo} or {@link Comparator#compare} instead of {@link Object#equals} to determine
 * equivalence of instances.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> The comparison must be <i>consistent with equals</i> as explained by the
 * {@link Comparable} class specification. Otherwise, the resulting multiset will violate the {@link

 * detailed at {@link ImmutableCollection}.
 *
 * <p><b>Warning:</b> as with any sorted collection, you are strongly advised not to use a {@link
 * Comparator} or {@link Comparable} type whose comparison behavior is <i>inconsistent with
 * equals</i>. That is, {@code a.compareTo(b)} or {@code comparator.compare(a, b)} should equal zero
 * <i>if and only if</i> {@code a.equals(b)}. If this advice is not followed, the resulting

		return false
	}

	// Did not match any inclusion filters, exclude from compression.
	return true
}

// Utility which returns if a string is present in the list.
// Comparison is case insensitive. Explicit short-circuit if
// the list contains the wildcard "*".
func hasStringSuffixInSlice(str string, list []string) bool {
	str = strings.ToLower(str)
	for _, v := range list {
		if v == "*" {

* fix azure disk naming matching issue due to case sensitive comparison ([#81720](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/81720), [@andyzhangx](https://github.com/andyzhangx))

 *   try {
 *     // do things while occupying the monitor
 *   } finally {
 *     monitor.leave();
 *   }
 * } else {
 *   // do other things since the monitor was not available
 * }
 * }
 *
 * <h2>Comparison with {@code synchronized} and {@code ReentrantLock}</h2>
 *
 * <p>The following examples show a simple threadsafe holder expressed using {@code synchronized},
 * {@link ReentrantLock}, and {@code Monitor}.
 *