* are provided.
 * <p>
 * The jCIFS client maps DOS error codes to NTSTATUS codes. This means that
 * the user may receive a different error from a legacy server than that of
 * a newer variant such as Windows NT and above. If you should encounter
 * such a case, please report it to jcifs at samba dot org and we will
 * change the mapping.
 */

 * character encoding. UTF-8 is defined in section D92 of <a
 * href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/ch03.pdf">The Unicode Standard Core
 * Specification, Chapter 3</a>.
 *
 * <p>The variant of UTF-8 implemented by this class is the restricted definition of UTF-8
 * introduced in Unicode 3.1. One implication of this is that it rejects <a

 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.util.concurrent;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * Unchecked variant of {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException}. As with {@code
 * ExecutionException}, the exception's {@linkplain #getCause() cause} comes from a failed task,
 * possibly run in another thread.
 *

 * the License.
 */

package com.google.common.util.concurrent;

import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;

/**
 * {@link Error} variant of {@link java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException}. As with {@code
 * ExecutionException}, the error's {@linkplain #getCause() cause} comes from a failed task,

   * is a power of two. Indexing uses masked per-thread hash codes.
   * Nearly all declarations in this class are package-private,
   * accessed directly by subclasses.
   *
   * Table entries are of class Cell; a variant of AtomicLong padded
   * to reduce cache contention on most processors. Padding is
   * overkill for most Atomics because they are usually irregularly
   * scattered in memory and thus don't interfere much with each

 * character encoding. UTF-8 is defined in section D92 of <a
 * href="http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/ch03.pdf">The Unicode Standard Core
 * Specification, Chapter 3</a>.
 *
 * <p>The variant of UTF-8 implemented by this class is the restricted definition of UTF-8
 * introduced in Unicode 3.1. One implication of this is that it rejects <a

  }

  /**
   * Returns the identity function.
   *
   * <p><b>Discouraged:</b> Prefer using a lambda like {@code v -> v}, which is shorter and often
   * more readable.
   */
  // implementation is "fully variant"; E has become a "pass-through" type
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public static <E extends @Nullable Object> Function<E, E> identity() {
    return (Function<E, E>) IdentityFunction.INSTANCE;
  }

    }
  }

  /** Returns a serializable converter that always converts or reverses an object to itself. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // implementation is "fully variant"
  public static <T> Converter<T, T> identity() {
    return (IdentityConverter<T>) IdentityConverter.INSTANCE;
  }

  /**
   * A converter that always converts or reverses an object to itself. Note that T is now a

   * consistency, and because the return type conveys the immutability guarantee.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) // fully variant implementation (never actually produces any Es)
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

  /**

   * consistency, and because the return type conveys the immutability guarantee.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) // fully variant implementation (never actually produces any Es)
  public static <E> ImmutableSet<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableSet<E>) RegularImmutableSet.EMPTY;
  }

  /**