@CheckForNull
  transient ImmutableSortedSet<E> descendingSet;

  /** @since 12.0 */
  @GwtIncompatible // NavigableSet
  @Override
  public ImmutableSortedSet<E> descendingSet() {
    // racy single-check idiom
    ImmutableSortedSet<E> result = descendingSet;
    if (result == null) {
      result = descendingSet = createDescendingSet();
      result.descendingSet = this;
    }
    return result;
  }

     * be read without locking. Next fields of nodes are immutable (final). All list additions are
     * performed at the front of each bin. This makes it easy to check changes, and also fast to
     * traverse. When nodes would otherwise be changed, new nodes are created to replace them. This
     * works well for hash tables since the bin lists tend to be short. (The average length is less

        assertNotNull( artifact, "dependency artifact not found in map." );
        assertEquals( Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE, artifact.getScope(), "dependency artifact has wrong scope." );

        //check for back-propagation of default scope.
        assertEquals( Artifact.SCOPE_COMPILE, dep.getScope(), "default scope NOT back-propagated to dependency." );
        */
    }

    @Test
    @Disabled

        return Stream.of(projectProfiles, settingsProfiles, superPomProfiles)
                .flatMap(Function.identity())
                .collect(toSet());
    }

    /**
     * Check whether the required profiles were found in any of the projects we're building or the settings.
     * @param session the Maven session.
     * @param profileActivation the requested optional and required profiles.
     */

import com.google.errorprone.annotations.CanIgnoreReturnValue;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;

/**
 * Static convenience methods that help a method or constructor check whether it was invoked
 * correctly (that is, whether its <i>preconditions</i> were met).
 *
 * <p>If the precondition is not met, the {@code Preconditions} method throws an unchecked exception

    AvlNode<E> root = rootReference.get();
    if (root == null) {
      return null;
    }
    AvlNode<E> node;
    if (range.hasLowerBound()) {
      // The cast is safe because of the hasLowerBound check.
      E endpoint = uncheckedCastNullableTToT(range.getLowerEndpoint());
      node = root.ceiling(comparator(), endpoint);
      if (node == null) {
        return null;
      }

                DependencyScope.SYSTEM.id(),
                DependencyScope.SYSTEM.isTransitive(),
                all(),
                MavenArtifactProperties.LOCAL_PATH));

        // == sanity check
        if (result.size() != DependencyScope.values().length - 1) { // sans "undefined"
            throw new IllegalStateException("Maven4 API dependency scope mismatch");
        }

        return result;
    }

   *
   * <p>The array must be internally created.
   */
  static <E> ImmutableList<E> asImmutableList(Object[] elements) {
    return asImmutableList(elements, elements.length);
  }

  /**
   * Views the array as an immutable list. Copies if the specified range does not cover the complete
   * array. Does not check for nulls.
   */

        }

        ArtifactResolutionResult result = new ArtifactResolutionResult();

        // The root artifact may, or may not be resolved so we need to check before we attempt to resolve.
        // This is often an artifact like a POM that is taken from disk and we already have hold of the

   * available for all platforms and configurations. If that implementation is unavailable, this
   * method falls back to {@code getStackTrace}. Callers that require the special implementation can
   * check its availability with {@link #lazyStackTraceIsLazy()}.
   *
   * <p>The expected (but not guaranteed) performance of the special implementation differs from