* @author Clément Roux
 * @since 16.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Utf8 {
  /**
   * Returns the number of bytes in the UTF-8-encoded form of {@code sequence}. For a string, this
   * method is equivalent to {@code string.getBytes(UTF_8).length}, but is more efficient in both
   * time and space.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code sequence} contains ill-formed UTF-16 (unpaired
   *     surrogates)
   */

 * @author Clément Roux
 * @since 16.0
 */
@GwtCompatible
public final class Utf8 {
  /**
   * Returns the number of bytes in the UTF-8-encoded form of {@code sequence}. For a string, this
   * method is equivalent to {@code string.getBytes(UTF_8).length}, but is more efficient in both
   * time and space.
   *
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code sequence} contains ill-formed UTF-16 (unpaired
   *     surrogates)
   */

   * will be added more than once, with the count summed over all appearances of the element.
   *
   * <p>Note that {@code stream.collect(toMultiset(function, e -> 1, supplier))} is equivalent to
   * {@code stream.map(function).collect(Collectors.toCollection(supplier))}.
   *
   * <p>To collect to an {@link ImmutableMultiset}, use {@link
   * ImmutableMultiset#toImmutableMultiset}.
   *

   * will be added more than once, with the count summed over all appearances of the element.
   *
   * <p>Note that {@code stream.collect(toMultiset(function, e -> 1, supplier))} is equivalent to
   * {@code stream.map(function).collect(Collectors.toCollection(supplier))}.
   *
   * <p>To collect to an {@link ImmutableMultiset}, use {@link
   * ImmutableMultiset#toImmutableMultiset}.
   *
   * @since 22.0

    private void readObject(ObjectInputStream stream) throws InvalidObjectException {
    throw new InvalidObjectException("Use SerializedForm");
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new builder. The generated builder is equivalent to the builder created by the {@link
   * Builder} constructor.
   */
  public static <E> Builder<E> builder() {
    return new Builder<>();
  }

  /**

   */
  public abstract ContiguousSet<C> intersection(ContiguousSet<C> other);

  /**
   * Returns a range, closed on both ends, whose endpoints are the minimum and maximum values
   * contained in this set. This is equivalent to {@code range(CLOSED, CLOSED)}.
   *
   * @throws NoSuchElementException if this set is empty
   */
  public abstract Range<C> range();

  /**

 *
 * <p>Its speed is comparable to CityHash64, and its quality of hashing is at least as good.
 *
 * <p>Note to maintainers: This implementation relies on signed arithmetic being bit-wise equivalent
 * to unsigned arithmetic in all cases except:
 *
 * <ul>
 *   <li>comparisons (signed values can be negative)
 *   <li>division (avoided here)
 *   <li>shifting (right shift must be unsigned)
 * </ul>
 *

    return new Splitter(strategy, omitEmptyStrings, trimmer, maxItems);
  }

  /**
   * Returns a splitter that behaves equivalently to {@code this} splitter, but automatically
   * removes leading and trailing {@linkplain CharMatcher#whitespace whitespace} from each returned
   * substring; equivalent to {@code trimResults(CharMatcher.whitespace())}. For example, {@code

  enum Strength {
    STRONG {
      @Override
      Equivalence<Object> defaultEquivalence() {
        return Equivalence.equals();
      }
    },

    WEAK {
      @Override
      Equivalence<Object> defaultEquivalence() {
        return Equivalence.identity();
      }
    };

    /**
     * Returns the default equivalence strategy used to compare and hash keys or values referenced

    /**
     * Calculates the effective repositories for the given input repositories which are assumed to be already mirrored
     * (if applicable). This process will essentially remove duplicate repositories by merging them into one equivalent
     * repository. It is worth to point out that merging does not simply choose one of the input repositories and
     * discards the others but actually combines their possibly different policies.
     *