private val typeHintStack = mutableListOf<Any?>()

  /**
   * The type hint for the current object. Used to pick adapters based on other fields, such as
   * in extensions which have different types depending on their extension ID.
   */
  var typeHint: Any?
    get() = typeHintStack.lastOrNull()
    set(value) {
      typeHintStack[typeHintStack.size - 1] = value
    }

   * code would be responsible for populating a "real" {@code T} (which might still be the value
   * {@code null}!) before returning it to callers. Depending on how the code is structured, a
   * nullness analysis might not understand that the field has been populated. To avoid that problem
   * without having to add {@code @SuppressWarnings}, the code can call this method.
   *

  @Nullable V forcePut(@ParametricNullness K key, @ParametricNullness V value);

  // Bulk Operations

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> the results of calling this method may vary depending on the iteration order
   * of {@code map}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an attempt to {@code put} any entry fails. Note that some

But you should first read the **Tutorial - User Guide** (what you are reading right now).

 * natural ordering or by a supplied comparator. Note that iterations across the columns keys for a
 * single row key may or may not be ordered, depending on the implementation. When rows and columns
 * are both sorted, it's easier to use the {@link TreeBasedTable} subclass.
 *
 * <p>The {@link #rowKeySet} method returns a {@link SortedSet} and the {@link #rowMap} method

<dt>`implementation`</dt><dd>Dependencies that are used by the project
at compile and runtime but are not exposed as a compile dependency to other dependent projects.
Dependencies added to the `implementation` configuration are considered an implementation detail
that can be changed at a later date without affecting any dependent projects.</dd>
<dt>`api`</dt><dd>Dependencies that are used as compile and runtime dependencies of a project

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.nio.ByteOrder;

/**
 * A convenience base class for implementors of {@code Hasher}; handles accumulating data until an
 * entire "chunk" (of implementation-dependent length) is ready to be hashed.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @author Dimitris Andreou
 */
// TODO(kevinb): this class still needs some design-and-document-for-inheritance love

    /**
     * Expands a version range to a list of matching versions, in ascending order.
     * For example, resolves "[3.8,4.0)" to "3.8", "3.8.1", "3.8.2".
     * The returned list of versions is only dependent on the configured repositories and their contents.
     * The supplied request may also refer to a single concrete version rather than a version range.

 * options and then retried without them should the attempt fail.
 *
 * ## Connection Reuse
 *
 * Each connection can carry a varying number of streams, depending on the underlying protocol being
 * used. HTTP/1.x connections can carry either zero or one streams. HTTP/2 connections can carry any
 * number of streams, dynamically configured with `SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS`. A connection

  @Nullable V forcePut(@ParametricNullness K key, @ParametricNullness V value);

  // Bulk Operations

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   *
   * <p><b>Warning:</b> the results of calling this method may vary depending on the iteration order
   * of {@code map}.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an attempt to {@code put} any entry fails. Note that some